New Delhi: Justice Sharad Aravind Bobde is set to be the next Chief Justice of India. Justice S.A. Bobde will be the 47^th Chief Justice of India. Justice Bobde would be sworn in as Chief Justice of India by President Ram Nath Kovind on November 18.

     President Ram Nath Kovind has signed a warrant of appointment appointing him as a successor of incumbent Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, who will emit office on November 17^th, 2019. He will have tenure of one year, four months and 6 days.  His tenure will end on April 23^rd, 2021. Justice S.A. Bobde is the senior-most Judge after CJI Ranjan Gogoi. The Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had recommended the appointment of Justice Bobde as next CJI on October 18.

     Justice Bobde is one of the five Judges that had heard Ram Janmabhoomi- Babri Masjid title dispute case. Justice Bobde was part of nine-judge constitution bench that had, in 2017 held that privacy was a fundamental Right.