Question: Who is the 44th Chief Justice of India?
(a) Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar
(b) Justice Deepak Mishra
(c) Justice Ranjan Gogoi
(d) Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Ans:(a)
Related facts:
- Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar has been recommended as the 44th Chief Justice of India.
- Chief Justice of India T S Thakur wrote a letter recommending the name of Justice Khehar, who is the senior most judge of the Supreme Court to be his successor.
- Justice Khehar, 64, will be the first Chief Justice from the Sikh community and he will succeed CJI Thakur who will be demitting office on January 3, 2017.
- Justice Khehar, who will be sworn in on January 4, will hold the tenure for over seven months till August 27, 2017.
- Justice Khehar had assumed office as Judge of the Supreme Court on September 13, 2011.
Reference:
http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/sjud/jskhehar.htm
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/12/06/justice-jagdish-singh-khehar-recommended-as-44th-chief-justice-o/