Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, who will demit office on Monday, had a short but eventful tenure as the country's top judge in which he presided over two
constitutional benches that pronounced landmark judgments - on triple talaq and the right to privacy.
Chief Justice Khehar, who took over on January 4, had a tenure of just 237 days, of which he presided over court number one for 124 days as the country's top court was closed for 113 days on account of weekends, festival holidays and summer break.
Though his working tenure seemed too short for anything substantial in terms of judicial pronouncements, they were eventful with benches headed by Justice Khehar setting aside instant triple talaq as unconstitutional and holding that right to privacy was a fundamental right.
Prior to becoming the Chief Justice, he presided over the constitution benches that held that Constitution's 99th amendment, paving way for the National Judicial Appointment Commission for the appointment of judges to the higher judiciary, was unconstitutional.