Mumbai: In a recent development, Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde was on Monday sworn-in as the 47th Chief Justice of India (CJI) by President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.
CJI, Bobde, has succeeded Justice Ranjan Gogoi who retired on November 17 after remaining in office for over 13 months.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were also present on the occasion along with many other attendees.
Justice Bobde was born in 1956 at Nagpur, Maharashtra and obtained his B.A. and LL.B. degrees from Nagpur University.
Justice Bobde is a former Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court. He is also serving as the Chancellor of the University of Delhi and Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur.
Bob was appointed as an additional judge of the Bombay High Court on 29 March 2000.
He joined as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court on 16 October 2012 and was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 12 April 2013
He was appointed as Chief Justice of India on 18 November 2019.
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