Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai was on Tuesday appointed the next Chief Justice of India.
He would enter the office of the CJI on May 14, a day after incumbent CJI Justice Sanjiv Khanna retires.
The law ministry issued a notification announcing Justice Gavai’s appointment as 52nd chief justice of India.
Justice Gavai, who was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court on May 24, 2019, will have a tenure of over six months and he would demit office on November 23 on attaining the age of 65 years.
He is the senior-most Supreme Court judge after the incumbent CJI Khanna.