Solution:

• The first CJI of India was H.J.Kania. The Supreme Court of India came into being on 28 January 1950.
• It replaced both the Federal Court of India and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council which were then at the apex of the Indian court system.
• On the 28th of January, 1950, two days after India became a Sovereign Democratic Republic, the Supreme Court came into being.
• The inauguration took place in the Chamber of Princes in the Parliament building which also housed India’s Parliament, consisting of the Council of States and the House of the People.