In 2000, Justice K. G. Balakrishnan became the first judge from the dalit community. In 2007 he also became the first dalit Chief Justice of India. In 2010, Justice S. H. Kapadia coming from a Parsi minority community became the Chief Justice of India.[19][26] In 2017, Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar became the first Sikh Chief Justice of India.