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'' ` b.sc. , ll.b '' ' supreme court of india justice vijender jain justice mukul mudgal hindu indian judge haryana high court judge delhi high court judge delhi high supreme court judge jammu and kashmir high court court of india chief justice punjab and 04 january 1952 17 2004 february 1994 november 2009 11 august 2008 july 2004 july pratibha patil pratibha patil t. s. thakur
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t. s. thakur

teerth singh thakur -lrb- born 4 january 1952 -rrb- is a judge of the supreme court of india .
he is a former acting chief justice of delhi high court and later took over as chief justice of punjab and haryana high court , after which he was elevated to the supreme court of india on 17.11.2009 .
