New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra Tuesday sent a letter to the central government recommending Justice Ranjan Gogoi as his successor.
Justice Gogoi will be sworn in as the next CJI on October 3.
The CJI has written to the Ministry of Law and Justice endorsing and recommending the name of Justice Gogoi, senior-most judge, as the next CJI.
Chief Justice Misra is retiring on October 2, but the day being a national holiday on account of the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, October 1 will be his last working day.
The union law ministry had in August last week written to the chief justice requesting him to recommend the name of his successor.
Justice Gogoi is one of the four Supreme Court judges who had held the unprecedented press conference in January this year, raising concerns about the administration in the apex court, saying it was "not in order".
The other three judges were - Justice J Chelameswar (now retired), Justice M B Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph.
Justice Gogoi is from Assam, and he headed the special bench that is monitoring the updation of National Register of Citizens to identify citizens in the northeastern state.
Born in 1954, Justice Gogoi joined the Bar in 1978. He was subsequently appointed as permanent judge of Guwahati High Court on February 28, 2001.
Later transferred to the Punjab & Haryana High Court in September 2010, he went on to become the chief justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court in February 2011. He was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court in April 2012.
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