Senior SC Judge, Justice SA Bobde, Sworn in As 47th CJI
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Senior
Supreme Court Judge, Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, on Monday sworn in as the
47th Chief Justice of India. He succeeded Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who had
recommended Justice Bobde, the second senior-most judge of the apex court, as
his successor.
President,
Ram Nath Kovind, administered the oath of the office of CJI to Justice Bobde in a
brief ceremony held at the premises of Durbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Apart
from delivering decisions in various key cases, Justice Bobde was also the
part of the historic Ayodhya case, recently. He took oath in English in the
name of God at a brief ceremony held at the Durbar Hall.
As
Justice Bobde would retire on April 23, 2021, he will have tenure of over 17
months as the CJI.
Immediately,
after taking the oath, Bobde sought the blessings of his mother, who was
brought to the president house on a stretcher.
Vice
President, M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, former vice
president, Hamid Ansari, former, Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, and several
other dignitaries were also present during the occasion. Besides, several
former chief justices of the Supreme Court, including R M Lodha, T S Thakur and
J S Kehar, attended the oath ceremony.
Justice Bobde belongs to a family of lawyers from the state of Maharashtra. He is the son
of senior advocate, Arvind Shriniwas Bobde.
