Justice Dipak Misra was on Monday Aug 28,2017 sworn in as the 45th Chief Justice of India.
At a brief ceremony in the Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhawan, President Ramnath Kovind administered the oath of office to Misra.
Justice Misra, 64, assumes office following the retirement of Justice J S Khehar on Sunday.
Justice Misra will remain in office until October 2, 2018. As per the established practice, Justice Khehar had named Misra as the next CJI last month.
The 63-year-old Justice has been a part of several key verdicts, such as sending Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon and four men who raped and killed a physiotherapy intern to the gallows.
His tenure will be a busy one, for as the CJI he will be part of benches deciding on crucial issues such as, apart from the Ayodhya title case, the Cauvery waters dispute, SEBI-Sahara payment row, BCCI reforms, the Panama Paper leaks and on privacy policy.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Justice Dipak Misra on becoming the Chief Justice of India and wished him a fruitful tenure.
Justice Dipak Misra is First CJI With a Z-plus Security Cover
Justice Misra is perhaps the only CJI with a Z-plus security cover. He travels in a bullet-proof Ambassador car, with some restrictions on his movement owing to safety concerns. Security personnel recce and sanitize a place before Justice Misra's arrival.
It was in August 2015 when the judge's security had to be beefed up. He had a few days back held pre-dawn proceedings in the Supreme Court, hearing for the last time a plea by 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon against his death penalty.
Presiding over a three-judge bench, Justice Misra had on July 30, 2015 dismissed Memon's appeal and he was hanged within a couple of hours of the judgment.
A threatening letter was soon found near his official residence in New Delhi on August 5 that year.
“By hanging Yakub, you did wrong. This will be avenged. We have already come to Delhi," stated the letter.
"Kitni bhi security badha lo, hum tumhe maar dengen… your enemy (irrespective of the protection you avail, we will eliminate you).” the letter, found in a brown envelope, further read.
The Ministry of Home Affairs moved in action swiftly after this and heightened the cover for Justice Misra.
Besides a Delhi Police constable, armed commandos were deployed to protect the judge round-the-clock with additional escort vehicles and personnel armed with sophisticated MP5 guns and modern communication gadgets.
While three personal security officers remain attached to him round-the-clock, the security arrangement at his official residence was beefed up.
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