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| Justice Kapadia is new CJI | | | NEW DELHI: Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, was on Friday appointed as the next Chief Justice of India.
He will take over from incumbent Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan on May 12, 2010 an official statement said here.
The 62-year-old Justice Kapadia's Warrant of Appointment, signed by President Pratibha Patil, has been sent to the Supreme Court registry, official sources said.
As per laid down norms under the Memorandum of Procedure, which governs appointment of members of the higher judiciary, Justice Balakrishnan had earlier this month recommended the name of Justice Kapadia to succeed him as the CJI.
Born on September 29, 1947, Justice Kapadia enrolled as an advocate in September 1974.
Appointed as an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court in October 1991, Justice Kapadia was elevated as a Permanent Judge in the same court in March 1993.
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