Justice T S Thakur was appointed the Chief Justice of India (CJI) yesterday. He will take oath on December 3. The senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Thakur will take over from incumbent Justice H L Dattu who retires on December 2. He would have a tenure as CJI for a little over one year and would retire on January 4, 2017.<br/><br/>Justice Thakur headed the bench which had delivered the verdict on reforming the BCCI in the wake of the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal. The probe in the Saradha chit fund scam case is also being monitored by a Supreme Court bench headed by him.