Justice JS Khehar To Be The 44th Chief Justice Of India
He led the 5-judge constitution bench which struck down the controversial NJAC Act.
Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar will be the 44th Chief Justice of India.
Chief Justice of India TS Thakur wrote to the central government on Tuesday recommending the name of the senior-most Supreme Court judge, after him, as the next Chief Justice.
Justice Khehar (64) will take over as Chief Justice of India on January 4, 2017 after Justice Thakur retires on January 3. He will hold the tenure for over seven months till August 27, 2017.
Justice Khehar, who will be sworn in by President Pranab Mukherjee, will be the first Sikh Chief Justice of India. Before being appointed to the Supreme Court in September 2011, Justice Khehar served as Chief Justice of the Karnataka and the Uttarakhand High Court. He led the five-judge constitution bench in the Supreme Court which had struck down the controversial NJAC Act for appointment of judges.
After the retirement of TS Thakur and the appointment of Justice Khehar as CJI, the collegium for appointment of judges will also change. The new collegium will comprise of Justice Khehar, Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Chelameswar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, and Justice Madan Lokur.
