Multiple choice

Which of the following statements about S. H. Kapadia, who was sworn in as Chief Justice of India in 2010 is incorrect?

  1. He is the 38th Chief Justice of India.

  2. He will have a tenure of less than two years.

  3. He is the first Chief Justice of India born after Independence.

  4. He was the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court before appointment as a Supreme Court judge in 2003.
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Explanation

Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia, the seniormost judge of the Supreme Court, was sworn in as the 38th Chief Justice of India on May 12, 2010. Justice Kapadia, first CJI born after Independence, will have a tenure of two years and four months till September 28, 2012. Justice Kapadia was initially appointed additional judge of the Bombay High Court in October 1991 and made permanent judge in March 1993. Justice Kapadia came into prominence when he as appointed to head the probe into the stock market scam of 1999 involving broker Ketan Parekh. He was appointed judge of the special court established under the Trial of Offences Relating to Transaction in Securities Act in 1999. He played an important role in the proceedings of the Joint Parliamentary Committee constituted to investigate the stock scam. On August 5, 2003, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court and in December 2003, he was elevated to the Supreme Court, thus serving only a very short tenure as chief justice of a high court.

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