Tirath Singh Thakur (born 4 January 1952) is an Indian jurist who served as the 43rd Chief Justice of India (CJI) from 3 December 2015 to 4 January 2017. Before being elevated to the Supreme Court, he served as the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court from August 2008 to November 2009 .He has also served as a senior judge in Karnataka High Court from March 1994 to July 2004 and Jammu and Kashmir High Court from February to March 1994.

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Tirath Singh Thakur
Justice T. S. Thakur
43rd Chief Justice of India
In office 3 December 2015 – 4 January 2017
Appointed by	Pranab Mukherjee
Preceded by	H. L. Dattu
Succeeded by	Jagdish Singh Khehar
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
In office 17 November 2009 – 2 December 2015
Appointed by	Pratibha Patil
Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
In office 11 August 2008 – 16 November 2009
Appointed by	Pratibha Patil
Preceded by	Vijender Jain
Succeeded by	Mukul Mudgal
Judge of the Delhi High Court
In office July 2004 – 10 August 2008
Appointed by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Judge of the Karnataka High Court
In office 5 March 1994 – July 2004
Appointed by	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court
In office 16 February 1994 – 4 March 1994
Appointed by	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Personal details
Born	(1952-01-04) 4 January 1952 (age 72) Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Education	BSc LLB
Website	Supreme Court of India

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Thakur graduated from Govt. Gandhi Memorial Science College and completed law from Department of Law Jammu University.

Tirath Singh Thakur enrolled as a pleader in October 1972 and joined the chamber of his father Late Shri Devi Das Thakur, former governor of Assam a leading advocate and later, a judge of High Court of J & K. Justice T. S. Thakur practised in civil, criminal, constitutional, taxation and service matters in the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir.^{[citation needed]}

He was designated as a senior advocate in 1990. He was appointed an additional judge of the High Court of J & K on 16 February 1994 and transferred as judge of the High Court of Karnataka in March 1994. He was appointed a permanent judge in September 1995. He was transferred as a judge of the High Court of Delhi in July 2004.^{[citation needed]}

He was appointed acting chief justice of the Delhi High Court on 9 April 2008 and took over as the chief justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana on 11 August 2008. He was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court and assumed charge on 17 November 2009.^[1]