India to Get First Sikh Chief Justice of India

Justice Khehar Singh
Supreme Court of India

Three new judges will be administered oath on Tuesday pursuant to their elevation to the Supreme Court of India. Justice Khehar Singh, who is at present the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court would be sworn in ahead of Justice Ranjana Desai and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhyaya in Court Room No. 1 on Tuesday.

The elevation of Justice Khehar Singh means India will get its first Sikh Chief Justice of India, after the retirement of Justice T.S. Thakur in 2017. The Chart below indicates the dates of appointment and retirement of judges in the Supreme Court. The names highlighted in Red are in line to be appointed Chief Justices and the ones in Green are due to retire this year.

Sl. No.	Name of the Judge S/Shri Justice	Date of appointment	Date of Retirement	REMARKS [Parent High Court]
1	S. H. KAPADIA	18/12/2003	29/09/2012	CJI W.E.F. 12.5.2010 [BOMBAY]
2	ALTAMAS KABIR	09/09/2005	19/07/2013	CALCUTTA
3	R.V.RAVEENDRAN	09/09/2005	15/10/2011	KARNATAKA
4	DALVEER CHAND BHANDARI	28/10/2005	01/10/2012	DELHI
5	DEVINDER KUMAR JAIN	10/04/2006	25/01/2013	DELHI
6	MARKANDEYA KATJU	10/04/2006	20/09/2011	ALLAHABAD
7	P.SATHASIVAM	21/08/2007	27/04/2014	MADRAS
8	GANPAT SINGH SINGHVI	12/11/2007	12/12/2013	RAJASTHAN
9	AFTAB ALAM	12/11/2007	19/04/2013	PATNA
10	JAGDISH MADHURLAL PANCHAL	12/11/2007	06/10/2011	GUJARAT
11	Dr. M.K. SHARMA	09/04/2008	18/09/2011	GAUHATI
12	CYRIAC JOSEPH	07/07/2008	28/01/2012	KERALA
13	A.K. GANGULY	17/12/2008	03/02/2012	CALCUTTA
14	R.M. LODHA	17/12/2008	28/09/2014	RAJASTHAN
15	H.L. DATTU	17/12/2008	03/12/2015	KARNATAKA
16	DEEPAK VERMA	11/05/2009	28/08/2012	MADHYA PRADESH
17	DR. BALBIR SINGH CHAUHAN	11/05/2009	02/07/2014	ALLAHABAD
18	ANANGA KUMAR PATNAIK	17/11/2009	03/06/2014	ORISSA
19	TIRATH SINGH THAKUR	17/11/2009	04/01/2017	JAMMU & KASHMIR
20	K.S.P. RADHAKRISHNAN	17/11/2009	15/05/2014	KERALA
21	SURINDER SINGH NIJJAR	17/11/2009	07/06/2014	PUNJAB & HARYANA
22	SWATANTER KUMAR	18/12/2009	31/12/2012	DELHI
23	CHANDRAMAULI KUMAR PRASAD	08/02/2010	15/07/2014	PATNA
24	HEMANT LAXMAN GOKHALE	30/04/2010	10/03/2014	BOMBAY
25	SMT. GYAN SUDHA MISRA	30/04/2010	28/04/2014	PATNA
26	ANIL RAMESH DAVE	30/04/2010	19/11/2016	GUJARAT
27	J.S.KHEHAR	13/09/2011	28/08/2017	PUNJAB & HARYANA
28	SMT.R.P.DESAI	13/09/2011	30/10/2014	BOMBAY
29	S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA	13/09/2011	15/03/2015	JHARKHAND