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Jagdish Singh Khehar

Jagdish Singh Khehar (born 28 August 1952) is an Indian jurist, who served as the 44thChief 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 verdicts. He was succeeded by Justice Dipak Misra. As Chief Justice of India, he also administered oath of office to 14th President of IndiaRam Nath Kovind.