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P Sathasivam to be new Chief Justice of India

  •   Sun, Jun 30 2013 09:37:02 AM

P Sathasivam to be new Chief Justice of India

New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI): Supreme court Judge P Sathasivam will be appointed as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) after the expiry of present incumbent Altamas Kabir's tenure.

President Pranab Mukherjee has given his nod for the appointment of Sathasivam as the next Chief Justice, official sources said.

64-year-old Sathasivam joined as a permanent judge of the Madras High Court in January 1996 after which he was transferred to the Punjab and High Court in April 2007.

He was appointed as a Supreme Court judge on August 21, 2007.

Sathasivam, who will be the 40th CJI, will have tenure till April 26, 2014.

The incumbent Chief Justice retires on July 18 after having a little over nine months tenure. Kabir was appointed CJI on September 29 last year.
  

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  • Umesh Salian, Uppala / Dubai

    Sun, Jun 30 2013

    Wish you all the very bestg PS... hope you discharge the judgments to the highest standards that need to be rembered in INDIAN CJI history in time to come

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  • Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai

    Sun, Jun 30 2013

    Few land mark cases handled by Justice P Sathavisam like, conviction of four people in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Salman Khan & four others for blackbuck hunting cases, Ordered status quo on the Delhi Government's move to acquire 34 acres of land in Okhla from UP Government for the expansion of Jamia Millia Islamia. Judgement on Don Abu Salem can be tried for all the crimes he had committed in the country, CBI’s case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh-Kausarbi abduction and killing case as well as Tulsiram Prajapati staged shootout. Issued a notice to the DU's Academic Council regarding controversial syllabus of an article "Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts" authored by late Prof Ramanunjam. Rejected division of gas under the Ambani family MoU and said that it was government's right to decide the price and utilization of the fuel, which is a national asset.

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  • Valerian Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai

    Sun, Jun 30 2013

    Chief Justice of India, very big Post and big responsibilities.
    May God give him strength to be righteous, bless him with truth and wisdom!

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Sun, Jun 30 2013

    Congratulation.All the best sir.For justice,we are always with you.Thanq.

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