Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde will be the next Chief Justice of India as President Ram Nath Kovind paved his way after signing a warrant on appointing him as the next CJI. Justice Bobde, the next senior-most judge in the Supreme Court pecking order after CJI Ranjan Gogoi, will take oath on November 18.
Justice Bobde joined the Bombay High Court as an additional judge in 2000. In October 2012, he was nominated as the Madhya Pradesh High Court Chief Justice. In April 2013, he was elevated to the Supreme Court.
Justice Bobde was part of the in-house panel that probed the allegations of sexual harassment against CJI Gogoi. He was also on the five-judge bench hearing the Ayodhya land dispute case that just concluded hearings and is expected to announce the verdict before CJI Gogoi’s retirement.
Justice Bobde’s term will end on April 23, 2021.