India's first Dalit Chief Justice

Justice K G Balakrishnan, the senior most judge in the Supreme Court will be appointed the new Chief Justice of India - the first Dalit ever to occupy the post.

The appointment has been approved by President APJ Abdul Kalam. Justice Balakrishnan will replace Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal who is retiring on Januray 14, 2007.

Let us remind our readers that Justice Balakrishnan's children, grand children and so on will be eligible for Scheduled Caste quotas in all educational institutes, Government jobs and for a host of other benefits including soft loans etc.

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