Chief Justice of India recommends Justice TS Thakur’s name as his successor

New Delhi: The Chief Justice of India (CJI) HL Dattu on Wednesday recommends Justice TS Thakur’s name as his successor.

Justice Dattu will retire as the CJI on December 2 and the same day Justice Thakur will be sworn in as the CJI by President Pranab Mukherjee. It was learnt that the process for appointment of the next CJI based on recommendation to the government has already started.

Thakur joined the chamber of his father Late DD Thakur, a leading Advocate and later a Judge of High Court of Jammu & Kashmir. He practised in Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, taxation and service matters.

On April 9, 2008, he was appointed as the acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court and took over as Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana on August 11, 2008.

He was elevated as Judge of Supreme Court and assumed charge on October 17, 2009.