Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar is sworn in as the 44th Chief Justice of India.
Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar was on Wednesday sworn in as the Chief Justice of India (CJI). Justice Khehar, 64, was administered the oath of office by President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The opposition was conspicuous by its absence. He is the 44th Chief Justice of the country.
He succeeded Justice Tirath Singh Thakur. Justice Thakur had last month recommended the name of Justice Khehar, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, to be his successor.
Justice Khehar is also the first Sikh to hold the top office.
He would have tenure of little over seven months.
Justice Khehar was the author of the judgment by a five-judge constitution bench that held "unconstitutional" the Constitution's 99th amendment paving way for the National Judicial Appointment Commission and the National Judicial Appointment Commission Act, 2014.
Besides heading the bench in NJAC matter, Justice Khehar has also headed a bench which had set aside the imposition of President's rule in Arunachal Pradesh in January.
He was a part of the bench which sent Sahara chief Subrata Roy to jail while hearing the matter relating to the refund of money invested by people in his two companies.
Justice Khehar also headed a bench which recently gave a significant verdict holding that the principal of 'equal pay for equal work' has to be made applicable to those engaged as daily wagers, casual and contractual employees who perform the same duties as the regulars.
(With inputs from PTI and IANS)(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)