SC dismisses plea challenging Jagdish Singh Khehar`s appointment as new CJI

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking the quashing of Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar`s appointment as the next Chief Justice of India.

The vacation bench of Justice RK Agrawal and Justice DY Chandrachud dismissed as "without merit" the petition by the National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms and others. 

President Pranab Mukherjee on December 19 appointed Justice Khehar as the 44th Chief Justice of India. 

He will be sworn-in on January 4, 2017. The incumbent Chief Justice TS Thakur retires on January 3.