Justice TS Thakur sworn in as 43rd CJI of India
President Pranab Mukherjee administered him the oath at a function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Justice Thakur , who was the senior-most judge of the apex court took over from incumbent Justice H L Dattu who retired on Wednesday.
As a Supreme Court judge, he headed the bench which had delivered the verdict to reform cricket controlling body BCCI in the wake of allegations of betting and spot-fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League.
Justice Thakur also headed the bench which ordered probe into the multi-crore chit fund scam in eastern India, also known as Saradha scam.
He has also heard the multi-crore rupee NRHM scam, in which ex-UP minister Babu Singh Kushwaha is also an accused, besides other politicians and bureaucrats.
Born on January 4, 1952, he would have the tenure as CJI for a little over one year and would retire on January 4, 2017.
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