Jagdish Singh Khehar
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The Honourable Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar |
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| Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India | |
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Assumed office 4 January 2017 |
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| Appointed by | Pranab Mukherjee, President of India |
| Preceded by | T. S. Thakur |
| Judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
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Assumed office 13 September 2011 |
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| Chief Justice, Karnataka High Court | |
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In office 8 August 2010 – 12 September 2011 |
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| Chief Justice, Uttarakhand High Court | |
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In office 29 November 2009 – 7 August 2010 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 August 1952 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Punjab University, Chandigarh |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Religion | Sikhism |
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Jagdish Singh Khehar (born 28 August 1952) is the 44th and current Chief Justice of India (CJI). Khehar is the first CJI from the Sikh community. He has been a judge in Supreme Court of India since 13 September 2011 and will retire on 27 August 2017 upon superannuation.
As an aftermath of Supreme Court's landmark decision in the 2G spectrum scam, Govt of India filed a Presidential reference before the Supreme Court. Justice Khehar gave a separate concurring opinion in which he warned that the government should not be under erroneous impression that it is not necessary to allocate natural resources through auction.
No part of the natural resource can be dissipated as a matter of largess, charity, donation or endowment, for private exploitation. Each bit of natural resource expended must bring back a reciprocal consideration.
Heading a three-judge bench of Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Khehar decided a case involving definition of a Sikh. He held that religion must be perceived as it is, and not as another would like it to be.
In 2017, the Committee on Judicial Accountability published the suicide note written by former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Kalikho Pul.
In the note, Pul claimed that Khehar had demanded ₹49 crore (Para 15.22, Page 39) and ₹31 crore (Para 15.27, Page 41) in bribes from Pul for delivering a favourable verdict.
The Committee on Judicial Accountability has demanded a probe in the matter.
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