New Delhi: Justice T.S. Thakur was sworn in on Thursday as the 43rd Chief Justice of India.
President Pranab Mukherjee administered the oath of office.
Thakur succeeded Chief Justice H.L. Dattu who demitted office on December 2.
Chief Justice Thakur will have a tenure of 13 months as he is slated to retire on January 3, 2017.
As a Supreme Court judge, he headed the bench which had delivered the verdict to reform cricket controlling body BCCI in the wake of allegations of betting and spot-fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League.
Justice Thakur also headed the bench which ordered probe into the multi-crore chit fund scam in eastern India, also known as Saradha scam.
He has also heard the multi-crore rupee NRHM scam, in which ex-UP minister Babu Singh Kushwaha is also an accused, besides other politicians and bureaucrats.
(IANS)
