Justice Dipak Misra was today sworn as the 45th Chief Justice of India. He succeeded J S Khehar at the helm of Indian Judiciary. President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath-taking ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi were present at the swearing in ceremony. The 63-year-old’s appointment was officially announced by the Law Ministry earlier. Notably, Misra, senior most judge in the Supreme Court. He will have a 14-month tenure and is scheduled to retire in October 2018.
Born in 1953, Misra began his career as an advocate on 14th February 1977. He practiced in constitutional, civil, criminal, revenue, service and sales tax matters at the Orissa High Court and the Service Tribunal. Subsequently, he was appointed as an additional judge of the Orissa High Court in 1996 and transferred to the Madhya Pradesh High Court next year. Misra became a permanent Judge towards the end of 1997.
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He had assumed charge of the office of Chief Justice, Patna High Court in 2009 and became the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court a year later. Justice Misra was elevated as a Supreme Court judge in 2011. He is known for heading the bench that dismissed Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon’s plea seeking a stay on his execution, as well as upholding the death sentence given to Nirbhaya’s killers.