Chief Justice’s Role Model: Uncle Who Challenged Indira Gandhi and Missed Out on Top Position
New Delhi: Nearly five decades before Justice Sanjiv Khanna became India’s 51st Chief Justice, his family nearly saw its first Chief Justice in his uncle, Justice Hans Raj Khanna. However, a dissenting judgment during the Emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi government ultimately cost Justice Hans Raj Khanna the nation’s highest judicial position. Born in…