New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi sent a letter Friday to the Centre recommending Justice SA Bobde, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, as his successor.
Official Sources told this agency that Justice Ranjan Gogoi wrote a letter to the Ministry of Law and Justice recommending Justice Bobde to be the next chief justice.
Justice Gogoi, who was sworn in as the 46th Chief Justice of India, October 3, 2018, will demit the office November 17.
Official sources said the chief justice has gone by the convention to recommend the name of the next senior judge after him as his successor.
It should also be stated here that a five-member Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court is expected to give a verdict on the Ayodhya land dispute case Friday. Both CJI Gogoi and his heir apparent SA Bobde are on the bench. The entire country is waiting with bated breath to see what the historic verdict will be.
PTI