Jagdish Singh Khehar | |
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| 44th Chief Justice of India | |
| In office 4 January 2017 – 27 August 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Preceded by | T. S. Thakur |
| Succeeded by | Dipak Misra |
| Judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
| In office 13 September 2011 – 3 January 2017 | |
| Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court | |
| In office 8 August 2010 – 12 September 2011 | |
| Preceded by | P. D. Dinakaran |
| Succeeded by | Vikramajit Sen |
| 7th Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court | |
| In office 29 November 2009 – 7 August 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Tarun Agarwala (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Barin Ghosh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 August 1952 Nairobi, British Kenya, now Nairobi, Kenya[1] |
| Nationality | Indian (1965-present); Kenyan (1963-1965); British (1952-1963) |
| Alma mater | Panjab University, Chandigarh |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Religion | Sikhism |
| Source:[2] | |
Jagdish Singh Khehar (born 28 August 1952) is an Indian jurist, who served as the 44th Chief Justice of India from 4 January 2017 to 27 August 2017 [2][3] He was the first Sikh Chief Justice of India.[4][5] He has been a judge in Supreme Court of India from 13 September 2011 to 27 August 2017 upon superannuation.[6] He served for a brief period but gave many landmark judgements such as the Triple Talaq and the Right to Privacy verdict. He was succeeded by Justice Dipak Misra.
- ^ "Jagdish Singh Khehar - Profile". 2018 Privacy Conference. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar - Profile". Supreme Court of India. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ^ "J S Khehar may become 1st Sikh Chief Justice of India in 2017". Day & Night News. 1 September 2011. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014.
- ^ "Chief Justice J.S. Khehar ends his eventful tenure with a bang". 25 August 2017.
- ^ "Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar had defined who is a Sikh". The Times of India. 7 December 2016.
- ^ "Justice J.S. Khehar appointed as 44th Chief Justice of India". The Hindu. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.