Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde retires on 23 April, and with just a month to go, the government has started the process of looking for a replacement.
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday, 19 March, sent a letter to the CJI, asking him to recommend his successor, noted PTI.
CJI Bobde took the oath of office on 18 November 2019 at the age of 63, after succeeding Justice Ranjan Gogoi in the Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Nagpur-born Justice became the 47th CJI of the country and has served a tenure of 17 months.
Bobde has presided over many landmark cases – from hearing of migrant workers affected by the COVID-19 lockdown and the farmers’ protest to the Ayodhya Janmabhoomi case, as well as the case of sexual harassment against his predecessor, Ranjan Gogoi.