Justice Altamas Kabir will be the new Chief Justice of India. He will assume the new charge on 29th September.
Born on July 19, 1948 at Kolkata, Justice Kabir did his LLB and MA from
University of Calcutta. He was enrolled at the Bar on August 1, 1973
and was made a permanent judge of Calcutta High Court on August 6, 1990.
Justice Kabir assumed the office of acting Chief Justice of Calcutta
High Court on January 11, 2005. He was elevated as Chief Justice of
Jharkhand High Court on March 01, 2005 and was made a judge of the
Supreme Court of India on September 09, 2005.
Justice Kabir was responsible for the computerization of the Calcutta
High Court and the City Civil Court and other Courts in Kolkatta. He
was appointed as Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority
on January 14, 2010.
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