Sabyasachi Mukharji; India’s Chief Justice

Sabyasachi Mukharji, 63, chief justice of India’s Supreme Court. Mukharji was named to the court’s top post in December after serving in a variety of government positions over a long career. He was educated at Calcutta University and practiced law in London. In 1949, he returned to Calcutta to serve on its high court. He worked in the income tax department in Calcutta from 1958 to 1968. He was named to India’s Supreme Court in 1983. On Sept. 25 in London, of cardiac arrest.