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Ranjan Gogoi recommends Justice S A Bobde as his successor
Oct-18-2019

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi has sent a letter to the Centre to recommend Justice S A Bobde, who is next in seniority, as his successor. Justice Gogoi, who was sworn in as the 46th Chief Justice of India on October 3, 2018, will demit office on November 17. The chief justice has gone by the convention to recommend the name of the next senior judge after him as his successor. Justice Gogoi as the Chief Justice has a tenure of 13 months and 15 days.

According to the Memorandum of Procedure, which governs the appointment of members of the higher judiciary, 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 the office. Under this process, after receiving the CJI's recommendation, the law minister puts it before the prime minister who advises the president on the matter.

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