New Delhi, May 14 -- Justice Sanjiv Khanna retired as Chief Justice of India on May 13. His father Justice Hans Raj Khanna, was a Supreme Court judge during the Emergency.

Khanna has been replaced by Justice BR Gavai as the new CJI. Justice Gavai took the oath of office on May 14. Gavai's father was a politician.

Currently, there are 32 judges in the Supreme Court, including CJI Gavai. Of these at least 11 Judges are closely related to former judges. About 10 SC judges had fathers who were lawyers.

Among the existing SC judges, Justice Manoj Misra's grandfather and father were both prominent lawyers in the Allahabad High Court, according to a recent report in The Print. Justice Misra was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Indi...