Jagdish Singh Khehar
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 | |
| Nominated by | Sarosh Homi Kapadia |
| Appointed by | Pratibha Patil |
| 25th Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court | |
| In office 8 August 2010 – 12 September 2011 | |
| Nominated by | Sarosh Homi Kapadia |
| Appointed by | Pratibha Patil |
| 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 | |
| Nominated by | K. G. Balakrishnan |
| Appointed by | Pratibha Patil |
| Preceded by | Vinod Kumar Gupta |
| Succeeded by | Barin Ghosh |
| Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court | |
| In office 8 February 1999 – 28 November 2009 | |
| Nominated by | Adarsh Sein Anand |
| Appointed by | K. R. Narayanan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 August 1952 Nairobi, British Kenya, now Nairobi, Kenya |
| Nationality | Indian (1965-present); Kenyan (1963-1965); British (1952-1963) |
| Alma mater | Panjab University, Chandigarh |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Awards | Padma Vibhushan (2025) |
| Religion | Sikhism |
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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. He was the first Sikh Chief Justice of India. He has been a judge in Supreme Court of India from 13 September 2011 to 27 August 2017 upon superannuation. 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. By being Chief Justice of India, he also administered oath of office to 14th President of India Ram Nath Kovind.