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CJI names Justice Bobde as successor
Why in news?
- Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has recommended Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde as his successor and the 47th Chief Justice of India in keeping with convention and the seniority norm.
More in news
- Written communication- First Step in Appointment Process : Written communication from the incumbent Chief Justice, ideally a month before his retirement, is the first step in the appointment process of the next CJI.
- Next Step: Recommendation in writing to the government will be put up before the PM and forwarded to the President.
- Memorandum of Procedure: for appointment of judges to the Supreme Court prescribes that the “appointment to the office of the Chief Justice of India should be of the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court considered fit to hold office.”
- About Justice Bobde:
(1) Would have a tenure of 18 months and will retire on April 23, 2021.
(2) Was elevated to the Supreme Court in 2013.
(3) Part of the Ayodhya Bench. He was the first to moot the idea of mediation for the prolonged dispute to “heal hearts and minds.”
(4) He is also hearing the BCCI dispute.
Sources
The Hindu