President Kovind Appoints Justice SA Bobde as Next Chief Justice of India

President Ram Nath Kovind signed a warrant appointing Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Tuesday, October 29^th, 2019. The swearing-in ceremony of the 47^th CJI is to be held on November 18^th, 2019. His term will run until 23^rd April 2021.

Justice Bobde born on 24^th April 1956 comes from a Nagpur-based lawyers’ family. Arvind Bobde- father of Sharad Bobde was an advocate general of Maharashtra in 1980 and 1985 and his grandfather was a lawyer too.

Justice CJI Ranjan Gogoi will be retired on 17^th November 2019 who was sworn in as CJI on 3^rd October 2018. CJI Justice Ranjan Gogoi has formally recommended Justice Bobde to be his successor on 18^th October 2019.

Justice Bobde became a Senior Advocate in 1998 and was appointed as an additional judge of Bombay High Court on 29^th March 2000. He joined as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court in 2012 and was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court of India in 2013.

Meanwhile, he has been involved in top cases like the Supreme Court, including the Ayodhya temple-mosque dispute, Aadhaar, petitions against firecrackers and so on.

Bobde is the second senior-most judge in the Supreme Court to take up the judiciary’s top position.

As per reports, a formal notification is expected shortly after Warrant of Appointment has been signed by President. Tenure of 17 months and would demit office on 23^rd April 2021.

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