brett kavanaugh is the youngest judge currently sitting on the u.s. supreme court.
brett kavanaugh is the youngest judge currently sitting on the u.s. supreme court.
who is the youngest judge currently sitting on the u.s. supreme court?
brett kavanaugh
of the justices currently sitting, the youngest at time of appointment was clarence thomas, who was 43 years old at the time of his confirmation in 1991. as of the beginning of the 2017–18 term, neil gorsuch is the youngest justice sitting, at 50 years of age. the oldest person to have served on the court was oliver wendell holmes, jr., who stepped down two months shy of his birthday. john paul stevens, second only to holmes, left the court in june 2010, two months after turning 90.
demographics of the supreme court of the united states
on 24 june 1946, hidayatullah was appointed as additional judge of that high court of central provinces and berar and on 13 september 1946 he was appointed as permanent judge of said high court where he served until being elevated to chief justice of the nagpur high court in 1954 on 3 december 1954, being the youngest chief justice of a high court. in november 1956, he was then appointed as the chief justice of madhya pradesh high court. on 1 december 1958, he was elevated as a justice to the supreme court of india. in his time he was the youngest judge of the supreme court of india. after serving as a judge for nearly 10 years, he was appointed as the chief justice of india on 28 february 1968 – becoming the first muslim chief justice of india. he retired from this position on 16 december 1970.
mohammad hidayatullah