Elevated as the Chief Justice of India w.e.f. 11.11.2024.
Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 18 January, 2019.
Enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1983. Initially practiced in the District Courts at the TisHazari complex, Delhi, and later, in the High Court of Delhi and tribunals in fields as diverse as constitutional law, direct taxation, arbitration, commercial law, company law, land law, environmental law and medical negligence.Had a long tenure as the Senior Standing Counsel for the Income Tax Department. In 2004, he was appointed as the Standing Counsel (Civil) for the National Capital Territory of Delhi. He had also appeared and argued in a number of criminal cases at the Delhi High Court as anAdditional Public Prosecutor and as an amicus curie.
Elevated as an additional judge of the Delhi High Court in 2005 and was made a permanent judge in 2006.Whilst a judge of the Delhi High Court, he held the position of Chairman/Judge-in-charge, Delhi Judicial Academy, Delhi International Arbitration Centre and the District Court Mediation Centres.
He held the post of Chairman, Supreme Court Legal Service Committee, from 17th June 2023 till 25th December 2023.
He is presently the Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority and a member of the Governing Counsel of the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal.