 "Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar sworn in as the Chief Justice of India")
Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar was on Wednesday sworn in as the Chief Justice of India (CJI) after CJI Justice Tirath Singh Thakur demitted office on January 3.
Khehar was administered the oath of office by President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan here.
Justice Khehar, who was born on August 28, 1952, is also the first Sikh to hold the apex office.
He graduated in science from Government College, Chandigarh, in 1974 and was awarded the LL.B degree by Panjab University in 1977. He then acquired the LL. M. qualification from the same University in 1979, and was awarded a Gold Medal for having
