Justice Altamas Kabir appointed New Chief Justice of India

Justice Altamas Kabir appointed New Chief Justice of India(CJI) of India today in New Delhi. President Pranab Mukherjee gives oath of office to the new Chief Justice of India at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. His term will continue till July 2013. Born on 19th July, 1948 at Kolkata, Justice Kabir did his M.A. and LL.B. from University of Calcutta. He was enrolled at the Bar on 1st August, 1973 and was made a permanent judge of Calcutta High Court on 6th August, 1990. Justice Kabir assumed the office of acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on 11th January, 2005. He was elevated as Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court on 1st March, 2005 and was made a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 9th September, 2005. Justice Kabir was responsible for the computerization of the Calcutta High Court and the City Civil Court and other Courts in Kolkata. He was appointed as Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority on 14th January, 2010.