Tirath Singh Thakur (born 4 January 1952) is an Indian jurist who served as the 43rd Chief Justice of India (CJI) from 3 December 2015 to 4 January 2017. Before being elevated to the Supreme Court, he served as the Chief Justice of

Punjab and Haryana High Court Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India. Sanctioned strength of Judges of this High Court is 85 consisting of 64 ...

from August 2008 to November 2009 .He has also served as a senior judge in

Karnataka High Court Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

from March 1994 to July 2004 and

Jammu and Kashmir High Court The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh is the common high court for union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. It was established as the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir on 26 March 1928 by the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. The s ...

from February to March 1994.

Early life and education

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

Career

Tirath Singh Thakur enrolled as a pleader in October 1972 and joined the chamber of his father Late Shri

Devi Das Thakur Devi Das Thakur (9 December 1929 – 3 February 2007) was an Indian politician and a former Governor of Assam. Early life Thakur was born in the village of Batroo of Tehsil Pogal paristan (Ukhral), District Ramban, on 9 December 1929 in ...

, former governor of Assam a leading advocate and later, a judge of High Court of J & K. Justice T. S. Thakur practised in civil, criminal, constitutional, 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 assumed charge on 17 November 2009.

Chief Justice of India

He was appointed Chief Justice of India on 18 November 2015 assuming office on 3 December 2015, succeeding Justice

H. L. Dattu Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu (born 3 December 1950) is a former Chief Justice of India, and the former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission. As the chief justice, he served for nearly 14 months, from 28 September 2014 to 2 ...

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 after reaching age 65. In April 2016, he lamented the inaction by the government in increasing the number of judges.

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