President Ram Nath Kovind, today, October 29, signed a warrant appointing Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde as the next Chief Justice of India. Justice Bobde will take oath as CJI on November 18.
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi had recommended the name of the next senior-most judge in the Supreme Court pecking order, Justice Bobde, as his successor as per convention.
For the unversed, Justice Bobde is a judge since 2000 and joined the Bombay High Court as an additional judge. He was nominated by the 39th Chief Justice Altamas Kabir as the Madhya Pradesh High Court Chief Justice in October 2012. In April 2013, he was elevated to Supreme Court by Justice Kabir.
He is also part of the five-judge constitution bench which just concluded hearing the Babri Masjid land dispute, the verdict for which is awaited and which is also one of the most crucial cases of the county.
CJI Gogoi will retire on 17 November. Justice Bobde’s term will end on 23 April 2021.
