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4 unusual facts about Chief Justice of India


Humayun Kabir

His nephew Altamas Kabir was the 39th Chief Justice of India (CJI) and his niece Shukla Kabir Sinha is a judge of the Calcutta High Court.

M. Patanjali Sastri

Mandakolathur Patanjali Sastri B.A., B.L. (January 4, 1889 - unknown) was the second Chief Justice of India, serving in the post from 7 November 1951 to 3 January 1954.

Safdarjung Road

Prior to being the Prime Minister's office, this was the residence of former Chief Justice of India Sudhi Ranjan Das.

University Law College, Bangalore

Hon'ble Mr. Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah, former Chief Justice of India; former Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) (1996–1998); former Chairman of the Constitution Review Committee (1999); and a recipient of the Padma Vibhushan (2004).



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2006 Indian anti-reservation protests

A resolution signed by 2,500 IIT Roorkee students expressing their opposition to the OBC reservation, was sent to the then-President Abdul Kalam, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the then-Chief Justice of India Y. K. Sabharwal and the Election Commission of India, but they all turned a deaf ear to it.

S. T. Desai

In July 1960, he invited P. N. Bhagwati who later went on to be the Chief Justice of India to the Bench of Gujarat High Court.

V. N. Khare

During his tenure as the Chief Justice of India, Khare was confronted with the failure of the justice system in the aftermath of the Gujarat violence following the Godhra train burning.