Narasimha in line to be 3rd from Bar to become CJI
NEW DELHI: With the President set to issue warrants of appointment for nine, including senior advocate P S Narasimha, as judges of the Supreme Court, the lone direct appointee from the bar in this batch would be the third in this category to become Chief Justice of India.
Justice S M Sikri was the first to head the judiciary after being appointed directly from the bar. Sitting SC Judge U U Lalit would succeed present CJI N V Ramana, who retires on August 26 next year. In our report published in the August 26 edition of TOI, we erroneously said that Narasimha would be the first one from the bar appointed as SC Judge who would go on to become the CJI.
