who is chief justice of india?

Answer 1

K G Balakrishnan is the Chief Justice of India

Answer 2

Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan

Answer 3

The Chief Justice of India is the highest position obtainable by a judge in India.

The chief justice of the Supreme Court is appointed on the basis of seniority by the President of India.The nominees for chief justice of the supreme court must have an experience of being judge of highcourt for at least 5 years, or be a lawyer for 10 years in the high court. Appointments of other judges to the Supreme Court are made by the President in consultation with the Chief Justice.

The Chief Justice occupies courtroom no 1 of the Supreme Court of India. Amongst his/her responsibilities are the fixing of benches.

Justice K G Balakrishnan is the current Chief Justice of India from January 14, 2007, he succeded Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal.

Answer 4

K.G. Balakrishnan
Balakrishanan, Konakuppakatil Gopinathan, B.Sc., LL.M

Born on 12-05-1945. Enrolled as an Advocate of the Kerala Bar Council on 16-03-1968. Practised on both on Civil and Criminal sides at Erinakulam. Appointed as a Munsif in the Kerala Judicial Service on 10-01-1973 and later resigned from service and resumed practice as an Advocatein the Kerala High Court. On 26-09-1985 - appointed as a judge of the Kerala High Court. On 24-11-1997-transferred to Gujarat High Court. On 16-07-1998 became the Chief Justice of the High Court of Gujarat and was transferred to the High Court of Judicature at Madras and assumed charge there as Chief Justice on 09-09-1999.

On 08-06-2000 elevated as the Judge, Supreme Court.

Appointed as The Chief Justice of India in the forenoon of 14.01.2007.

Answer 5

Thalayolaparambu, near Vaikom, in Kottayam, Kerala, 12 May 1945 known as K. G. Balakrishnan, is the thirty-seventh Chief Justice of India. He is the only Dalit and the only Malayali to become the Chief Justice of India.


Early life
Judge Balakrishnan was born in a poor family. He belongs to the Pulaya caste, which was considered to be one of the lower castes in Kerala.


Education
According to Judge Balakrishnan his parents were the only source of inspiration for him: "Though my father was only a matriculate and my mother had her schooling up to the seventh standard, they wanted to give their children the best education." After completing his primary education at the Government School in his village, which he had to walk 5 Km. to reach, he joined the Maharaja's College at Ernakulam, where he studied Science. He took his B. L. degree from the Maharaja's Law College and enrolled as an advocate in the Kerala Bar Council in 1968. He then completed his Ll. M. in 1971.


Career
As an advocate he pleaded both criminal and civil cases in the Ernakulam court. He was later appointed as a Munsif in the Kerala Judicial Services in 1973. He later resigned from the services and resumed practice as an advocate in the Kerala High Court. In 1985, he was appointed as a judge of the Kerala High Court, and was transferred to the Gujarat High Court in 1997. He became the Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court in 1998, and in 1999, he assumed charge as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Madras. On the 8 June 2000 he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court. He was sworn in as the Chief Justice of India on 14 January 2007 by President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.


Judgements
Justice Balakrishnan has made many intuitive judgements. He has given several rulings, which have had far reaching effects on society. His judgement asking the election commission to debar the political parties, which impose hartals on the public, has been warmly welcomed by the populace.

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Mr. K. G. Balakrishnan

His qualifications and past performance justify his holding the post. But do you know how differently we Indians describe him? We boast of him as a 'Dalit Chief Justice'; one selected from a suppressed community. And community suppression still goes on!

Answer 7

Nana Pathekar

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