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The Chief Justice of India is the highest-ranking judge in the Supreme Court of India, and thus holds the highest judicial position in India. As well as presiding in the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice also head its administrative functions.
As of 2011[update] the current Chief Justice is S. H. Kapadia, who has held the office since 12th May 2010.
As the chief judge, the Chief Justice is responsible for the allocation of cases and appointment of constitutional benches which deal with important matters of law. In accordance with Article 145 of the Constitution of India and the Supreme Court Rules of Procedure of 1966, the Chief Justice allocates work to the other judges, who are bound to refer the matter back to him or her in case they require the matter to be looked into by a bench of higher strength.
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Justice K G Balakrishnan, is a present Chief Justice of Supreme Court Of India .He is the first-ever Dalit to occupy the coveted post after replacing Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal who retired on January 14, 2007. Hon'ble Balakrishnan, is 37th Chief Justice, and has a tenure of three years and four months, till May 12, 2010, the day he retires. Chief Justice Sabharwal had a tenure of 14 months while his predecessor Justice R C Lahoti had a 17 month stint.
He is S.H Kapadia.
Justice S. H. Kapadia
He was the former Chief Justice. At present Justice Altamas Kabir is the CJI (Chief Justice of India).
The current chief justice of India as on 2nd august 2010 is Justice SH Kapadia
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