43rd Chief Justice of India

T. S. Thakur (born 4 January 1952) was the 43rd Chief Justice of India (CJI).

Contents

• 1 Early life and education
• 2 Career
  • 2.1 Chief Justice of India
• 3 References

Early life and education

Graduated from Govt. Gandhi Memorial Science College and completed law from Department of Law Jammu University.

Career

Justice Tirath Singh Thakur enrolled as a pleader in October 1972 and joined the chamber of his father Late Shri Devi Das Thakur, former governor of *am a leading advocate and later, a judge of High Court of J & K. Justice T. S. Thakur practised in civil, criminal, cons*utional, taxation and service matters in the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir.

He was designated as a Senior Advocate in 1990. He was appointed an additional judge of the High Court of J & K on 16 February 1994 and transferred as judge of the High Court of Karnataka in March 1994. He was appointed a permanent judge in September 1995. He was transferred as a judge of the High Court of Delhi in July 2004.

He was appointed Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court on 9 April 2008 and took over as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana on 11 August 2008. He was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court and *umed charge on 17 November 2009.

Chief Justice of India

President Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath of office of Chief Justice of India to Justice Thakur, at a swearing in ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 3 December 2015

He was appointed Chief Justice of India on 18 November 2015, with effective date 3 December 2015, succeeding Justice H. L. Dattu who retired as CJI on 2 December 2015, on turning 65 years of age. He was sworn in by President Pranab Mukherjee. He retired on 4 January 2017 on turning 65 years of age.

In April 2016, he lamented the inaction by the government in increasing the number of judges.

References