Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia New Chief Justice of India

Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India, reported IANS.

Kapadia, a Supreme Court judge, will take charge on May 12 from Justice KG Balakrishnan, India’s first Dalit chief justice, report said.

A press release from the ministry of law and justice stated: “In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia, judge of the Supreme Court, to be the Chief Justice of India with effect from May 12, 2010.”