Justice Altamas Kabir was on Saturday sworn in as the 39th Chief Justice of India by President Pranab Mukherjee. He took over the post from Justice S.H. Kapadia, who served as the CJI for nearly two-and-a-half years.
Justice Kabir, 64, Born on July 19, 1948 in Kolkata, took the oath at a brief ceremony in the Ashoka Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. He will serve a tenure of nine months till July 18, 2013. Justice Kabir was appointed Supreme Court judge on September 9, 2005.
Besides Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Vice President Hamid Ansari and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, several Union ministers were present at the ceremony.
NDA working Chairman L.K. Advani, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and RJD leader Lalu Prasad were also present at the swearing in.
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