The Hindu : V.N. Khare to be next CJI

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Wednesday, Dec 11, 2002

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V.N. Khare to be next CJI

By Our Legal correspondent

NEW DELHI DEC. 10. The President has appointed Justice Visheshwar Nath Khare, the seniormost Supreme Court Judge to be the 33rd Chief Justice of India, succeeding Justice G.B. Pattanaik who is retiring on the forenoon of December 19after a brief tenure of 41 days.

As a Judge of the Apex Court, Mr. Justice Khare had rendered several landmark judgments, including the one in the recent `minorities case' delivered by a 11-Judge Bench, re-defining the rights of minorities.

Mr. Justice Khare (63) will be sworn in on December 19 by the President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. He will have a 16-month tenure and is due to retire in May 2004.

Mr. Justice Khare was enrolled as an advocate in the Allahabad High Court in November 1961 and practised on the civil, writ and revenue sides.

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