(1952-08-28) 28 August 1952 (age 71) 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
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Jagdish Singh Khehar (born 28 August 1952) is a former senior advocate and a former judge, who served as the 44th Chief Justice of India in 2017.[2][3] Khehar is the first chief justice from the Sikh community.[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.
JagdishSinghKhehar (born 28 August 1952) is a former senior advocate and a former judge, who served as the 44th Chief Justice of India in 2017. Khehar...
the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024. "Justice JagdishSinghKhehar". Supreme Court of India. Archived from the original on 28 January...
office. Former Chief Justices of Uttarakhand Sarosh Homi Kapadia and JagdishSinghKhehar later went on to become Chief Justice of India. Ritu Bahri is the...
judges include Madan Mohan Punchhi, P. Sathasivam, Tirath Singh Thakur, JagdishSinghKhehar and Ranjan Gogoi who were elevated to the Supreme Court of...
August 2017 – 2 October 2018 Appointed by Ram Nath Kovind Preceded by JagdishSinghKhehar Succeeded by Ranjan Gogoi Judge of the Supreme Court of India In...
rank/post in several departments. In 2017, 44th Chief Justice of India JagdishSinghKhehar held that responses on behalf of Government of India before the Supreme...
Department of Economics". Economics Department, Panjab University. "JagdishSinghKhehar 1st Sikh to be sworn-in as the Chief Justice of India". Business...
India, JagdishSinghKhehar, and the former Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh are Sikh, as is former President of India Gyani Zail Singh. Almost...
of India In office 17 February 2017 – 4 January 2023 Nominated by JagdishSinghKhehar Appointed by Pranab Mukherjee Judge of Karnataka High Court In office...
the fourteenth president of India administered by Chief Justice JagdishSinghKhehar. Kovind was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic...
minority community became the Chief Justice of India. In 2017, Justice JagdishSinghKhehar became the first Sikh Chief Justice of India. Justice Indu Malhotra...
July 2017. He was administered oath by the Chief Justice of India JagdishSinghKhehar, to take office as the 15th President of India on 25 July 2017 at...
India In office 16 February 2017 – 25 December 2023 Nominated by JagdishSinghKhehar Appointed by Pranab Mukherjee Chief Justice of Madras High Court...
"Karnataka HC judges cleared in sex scandal". Rediff. Retrieved 2 February 2003. Singh, Ratna (15 August 2023). "Alarming that over 2.7 lakh cases pending in Karnataka...
Narendra Modi Chief Justice of India: T. S. Thakur (until January 3), JagdishSinghKhehar (January 5 to August 27), Dipak Misra (since August 28) Speaker of...
original on 13 September 2011. "Former Judges: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kuldip Singh". Supreme Court of India. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. "Former...
(born 1956) 25 September 2009 28 November 2009 64 days Allahabad 7 JagdishSinghKhehar (born 1952) 29 November 2009 11 August 2010 255 days Punjab and Haryana...
High Court In office 18 March 2017 – 1 November 2018 Nominated by JagdishSinghKhehar Appointed by Pranab Mukherjee Judge of the Patna High Court In office...
2012 Appointed by Pranab Mukherjee (President of India) Preceded by JagdishSinghKhehar Succeeded by Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela Personal details Born (1950-12-31)...
of India In office 17 February 2017 – 25 April 2021 Nominated by JagdishSinghKhehar Appointed by Pranab Mukherjee Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court...
September 2009 1 year, 219 days Jammu and Kashmir Pratibha Patil 7 JagdishSinghKhehar 29 November 2009 11 August 2010 255 days Punjab and Haryana 8 Barin...
authorities. January 10 - Supreme Court of India bench headed by JagdishSinghKhehar asks Government of Kerala to pay Rs. 500 crores of compensation to...
High Court Incumbent Assumed office 17 January 2017 Nominated by JagdishSinghKhehar Appointed by Pranab Mukherjee Personal details Born (1959-09-26)...
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