CJI Sanjiv Khanna's uncle was also in the running to become Chief Justice in 70s
Hindustan TimesSanjiv Khanna took oath as the Chief Justice of India on Monday. His uncle Justice Hans Raj Khanna was in the running for chief justice but the Indira Gandhi-led government ignored him for the post. Late Justice Hans Raj Khanna, who inspired CJI Khanna in his legal career, was a candidate for the country's top legal post in 1977 but lost the opportunity after delivering a dissenting judgment during the Emergency. Who was Justice Hans Raj Khanna, CJI Sanjiv Khanna's inspiration Justice Hans Raj Khanna, born in 1912, began his career as a lawyer after completing his education in Amritsar. Justice Khanna's message to her sister on Chief Justiceship "I have prepared the judgment which is going to cost me the Chief Justiceship of India," Justice Hans Raj Khanna told his sister in 1976, according to an India Today report.