Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal
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Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal (born on January 14, 1942) is the 36th and current Chief Justice of India.
He was sworn in as the Chief Justice by the present President of India A P J Abdul Kalam on November 1,2005 for a period of about 14 months ending on January 14,2007
[edit] Career
Sabharwal worked as an advocate for Indian Railways from 1969 to 1981, as an advocate for Delhi administration from 1973 to 1976-1977, later as Additional Standing Counsel and then as Standing Counsel. He also served as Counsel to the Central Government from 1980 to 1986. He represented Delhi in the Bar Council of India from 1969 to 1973.
He became an Additional Judge in the Delhi High Court on November 17, 1986 and a judge soon after.
On February 3, 1999, he was appointed as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. In less than a year, he was appointed as a judge, Supreme Court of India.
As a judge of the Supreme Court, he delivered several important judgements dealing with constitutional matters. A constitutional bench headed by Justice Sabharwal in October 2005 held as unconstitutional the dissolution of Bihar assembly on the basis of the report of Governor Buta Singh but refused to revert the action, thereby paving way for fresh elections.
In 2006, he headed a bench which refused to grant any relief to the sealing in Delhi.
[edit] Views on capital punishment
After his appointment as Chief Justice of India, Justice Sabharwal said that he was personally in favour of abolition of death penalty.
| Preceded by: R.C. Lahoti | Chief Justice of India November 1, 2005 – present | Incumbent |
[edit] External links
- Short Biography on the Supreme Court of India website
- "Justice Y K Sabharwal sworn in as CJI" - rediff.com article dated November 1, 2005
