Justice SA Bobde To Take Oath As Chief Justice Today

He was part of the in-house panel which has handled the controversial case related to allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, and gave him a clean chit

New Delhi: Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde will take an oath as the 47th Chief Justice of India on Monday. According to a statement, President Ram Nath Kovind will administer the oath of office of Chief Justice of India to Justice Bobde at 9.30 AM

Justice Bobde will serve as the Chief Justice for around 18 months and retire on April 23, 2021.

Born in Nagpur on April 24, 1956, he completed his graduation and obtained a law degree from Nagpur University. He was enrolled on the Bar Council of Maharashtra’s roll in 1978 and was designated as Senior Advocate in 1998.

His career as a judge began on March 29, 2000, when he was appointed as Additional Judge in the Bombay High Court, and he rose to become Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court on October 16, 2012.

He was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court on April 12, 2013.

Justice Bobde was part of the five-judge constitution bench hearing the longest-running Ayodhya land dispute case.

He was part of the in-house panel which has handled the controversial case related to allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, and gave him a clean chit, saying “no substance” was found in the allegation levelled by a former employee.

Justice Ranjan Gogoi, the 46th Chief Justice of India, took charge on October 3, 2018, and demitted office on Sunday.