Justice Sathasivam(64)Sworn in Chief Justice of India Friday July 19,2013

President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday July 19,2013 administered the oath of office to Justice P. Sathasivam as the Chief Justice of India (CJI)

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Vice President Hamid Ansari, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, her Rajya Sabha counterpart Arun Jaitley, NDA Working Chairperson L K Advani, CPI leader D Raja, several Union ministers were present at the ceremony.

Justice Sathasivam(64) is the 40th CJI and will remain in office till April 26, 2014

Justice Sathasivam succeeded Altamas Kabir, whose tenure ended on Thursday July 18,2013


About Justice Sathasivam(DOB April 27, 1949)

• hailing from Kadappanallur village, Bhavani taluk in Erode district of Tamil Nadu
• was the first graduate in his family and the first law graduate in his village
• enrolled as an advocate in July 1973 at Madras
• appointed as a permanent Judge of the Madras High Court in January, 1996
• elevated to the Supreme Court in August, 2007  
• is the first judge from Tamil Nadu to become the CJI