T. S. Thakur
{{short description|43rd Chief Justice of India}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox Judge
| name = Tirath Singh Thakur
| image = Justice T. S. Thakur.jpg
| caption = Justice T. S. Thakur
| order = 43rd
| office = Chief Justice of India
| term_start = 3 December 2015
| term_end = 4 January 2017
| appointer = Pranab Mukherjee
| predecessor = H. L. Dattu
| successor = Jagdish Singh Khehar
| office2 = Judge of the Supreme Court of India
| term_start2 = 17 November 2009
| term_end2 = 2 December 2015
| appointer2 = Pratibha Patil
| office3 = 28th Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
| term_start3 = 11 August 2008
| term_end3 = 16 November 2009
| appointer3 = Pratibha Patil
| predecessor3 = Vijender Jain
| successor3 = Mukul Mudgal
| office4 = Judge of the Delhi High Court
| term_start4 = July 2004
| term_end4 = 10 August 2008
| appointer4 = A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
| nominator4 = Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
| office5 = Judge of the Karnataka High Court
| term_start5 = 5 March 1994
| term_end5 = July 2004
| appointer5 = Shankar Dayal Sharma
| nominator5 = M. N. Venkatachaliah
| office6 = Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court
| term_start6 = 16 February 1994
| term_end6 = 4 March 1994
| appointer6 = Shankar Dayal Sharma
| nominator6 = M. N. Venkatachaliah
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|1|04|df=y}}
| birth_place = Pogal Paristan Jammu and Kashmir, India
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| website = {{URL|http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/sjud/tsthakur.htm|Supreme Court of India}}
| footnotes =
| nominator1 =
| nominator2 = K. G. Balakrishnan
| nominator3 = K. G. Balakrishnan
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Tirath Singh Thakur Pogali (born 4 January 1952) is an Indian jurist who served as the 43rd Chief Justice of India (CJI) from 3 December 2015 to 4 January 2017. Before being elevated to the Supreme Court, he served as the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court from August 2008 to November 2009 .He has also served as a senior judge in Karnataka High Court from March 1994 to July 2004 and Jammu and Kashmir High Court from February to March 1994.
Early life and education
Thakur graduated from Govt. Gandhi Memorial Science College and completed law from Department of Law Jammu University.
Career
Tirath Singh Thakur enrolled as a pleader in October 1972 and joined the chamber of his father Late Shri Devi Das Thakur, former governor of Assam a leading advocate and later, a judge of High Court of J & K. Justice T. S. Thakur practised in civil, criminal, constitutional, taxation and service matters in the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir.{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}
He was designated as a senior advocate in 1990. He was appointed an additional judge of the High Court of J & K on 16 February 1994 and transferred as judge of the High Court of Karnataka in March 1994. He was appointed a permanent judge in September 1995. He was transferred as a judge of the High Court of Delhi in July 2004.{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}
He was appointed acting chief justice of the Delhi High Court on 9 April 2008 and took over as the chief justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana on 11 August 2008. He was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court and assumed charge on 17 November 2009.{{cite web|url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/sjud/tsthakur.htm|title=Chief Justice of India & Sitting Hon'ble Judges Justice T.S. Thakur|publisher=Supreme Court of India portal}}
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He was appointed Chief Justice of India on 18 November 2015 assuming office on 3 December 2015,{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/T-S-Thakur-appointed-next-Chief-Justice-of-India-to-take-over-on-Dec-3/articleshow/49839116.cms?u|title=TS Thakur to be next Chief Justice of India | India News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=19 November 2015 }} succeeding Justice H. L. Dattu who retired as CJI on 2 December 2015, on turning 65 years of age. He was sworn in by President Pranab Mukherjee. He retired on 4 January 2017 after reaching age 65.{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/justice-ts-thakur-sworn-in-as-chief-justice-of-india/articleshow/50022544.cms |title=Justice TS Thakur sworn in as Chief Justice of India|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=3 December 2015}}
In April 2016, he lamented the inaction by the government in increasing the number of judges.{{cite news|title=An overworked Chief Justice TS Thakur breaks down in front of PM Modi|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/An-overworked-Chief-Justice-TS-Thakur-breaks-down-in-front-of-PM-Modi/articleshow/51964732.cms|accessdate=21 May 2016|work=TNN & Agencies|date=24 Apr 2016}}{{cite news|title=Overburdened yet overactive, India's courts are failing to do justice|url=https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21699156-overburdened-yet-overactive-indias-courts-are-failing-do-justice-dropping-scales|accessdate=20 May 2016|newspaper=The Economist|date=20 May 2016}}
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