Justice TS Thakur has taken over as the 43rd Chief Justice of India on Thursday, succeeding Chief Justice HL Dattu. He is due to retire on 4 Jan 2017 will have a tenure of over a year. He was sworn in by president Pranab Mukherjee. Born on January 4, 1952, Justice Thakur started his career as a Civil, Criminal, Constitutional and Taxation lawyer in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. He was designated as a Senior Advocate in 1990.