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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

J S Khehar to Succeed TS Thakur to Become First Sikh Chief Justice of India

Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, who led the five-judge constitution bench in the Supreme Court of India(SCI)which had struck down the controversial NJAC Act for appointment of judges, was on Tuesday Dec 06,2016 recommended as the 44th Chief Justice of India.

Chief Justice of India TS Thakur wrote a letter recommending the name of Justice Khehar, who is the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court to be his successor.

Justice J S Khehar(64)will be the first Chief Justice from the Sikh community and he will succeed CJI Thakur who will be demitting office on January 3, 2017.

Justice J S Khehar, who will be sworn in on January 4, will hold the tenure for over seven months till August 27, 2017

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