CJI Ranjan Gogoi recommends Justice SA Bobde as his successor

• Friday | 18th October, 2019

“As per the tradition, the sitting CJI has to write and recommend to the Central government, stating about his immediate successor. Sworn in as the 46th Chief Justice of India on October 3, 2018, Justice Gogoi retires on November 17. If the recommendation of the CJI is accepted by the Centre then Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde would be the 47th CJI. After the recommendation, Justice Bobde will be the next CJI and have a tenure of one year and five months till April 2021. All the CJIs followed this by writing a letter and recommending the central government, the second senior-most judge for their successor.