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5 facts about Justice Khehar, who has been appointed as new Chief Justice of India

New Delhi: Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar was on Wednesday sworn in as the Chief Justice of India (CJI).
  • Khehar was administered the oath of office by President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the national capital
Justice Kheharc shakes hands with President Mukherjee after his appointment/ image courtesy: ANI Justice Kheharc shakes hands with President Mukherjee after his appointment/ image courtesy: ANI
  • He succeeded Justice Tirath Singh Thakur. Khehar is the 44th CJI
 
  • Khehar is the first Sikh to hold the apex office as a Chief Justice
President Mukherjee at the appointment ceremony of new CJI/ Image courtesy: ANI President Mukherjee at the appointment ceremony of new CJI/ Image courtesy: ANI
  • He would have tenure of little over seven months
 
  • 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
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