Justice Uday Umesh Lalit too oath as the 49th Chief Justice of India on August 27, 2022. He succeeds Justice NV Ramana whose 16-month tenure ended a day earlier. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Justice Lalit at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. He will have a tenure of 74 days. During his speech, Ramana also said that he wants to be remembered as a judge who heard the senior and the junior alike and wanted his name to be etched on the hearts of the people through his conduct and behaviour, rather than case law and journals.