Vikramajit Sen likely to be state’s next Chief Justice

Justice Vikramajit Sen of the Delhi high court is likely to be the next chief justice of the Karnataka high court. The current chief justice, Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, has been elevated to the Supreme Court. President Pratibha Patil’s orders were received on Saturday.

Lawyers will hold a farewell function for Justice Khehar on Monday in the high court. Later, Justice Sen will take oath as senior-most judge in the high court.

Justice Khehar took over as Karnataka HC chief justice on August 8, 2010, after Justice PD Dinakaran was transferred to Sikkim.
A tough taskmaster, Justice Khehar was elevated to the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 1999 and has delivered significant judgments. While heading a full bench, Justice Khehar’s recent and most talked-about judgment was on the importance of unshorn hair for Sikhs.

Born on August 28, 1952, Justice Khehar graduated in Science from Government College, Chandigarh, in 1974 and pursued a degree in law from Punjab University in 1977 and an LLM degree later.