CJI Ranjan Gogoi recommends Justice SA Bobde as his successor

To note, Justice Gogoi as the CJI had a tenure of 13 months and 15 days, whereas Justice Bobde, who might be inducted as CJI on November 18, will have a tenure of about 18 months.

According to the Memorandum of Procedure, "Appointment to the office of CJI should be of the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court considered fit to hold the office."

CJI Gogoi has followed the convention by sending the said letter of recommendation.

As per the prevailing conventions, the sitting CJI sends recommendation of the next senior-most judge of Supreme Court to the government, nearly one month before their retirement.

Under the established procedure, the Union Law Minister puts the recommendation before the Prime Minister, who then advises the President in this regard.

Interestingly, Justice Bobde, set to be the new CJI, enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra in 1978, after completing his LLB from Nagpur University.

He practised for over 21 years at the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court.

He has also previously served as Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

He is due to retire on April 23, 2021.