After the incumbent Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi recommended name of Sharad Arvind Bobde to be the next CJI, the Presidential warrant has followed the recommendation now. Justice Bobde is all set to become 47th CJI after President Ram Nath Kovind on October 29 has signed a warrant appointing the 63-year-old senior-most Supreme Court judge to the post.

Justice Bobde will take charge of the top court on November 18, a day after the present CJI demits office. Justice Bobde is part of the five-judge constitution bench hearing the longest running Ayodhya case and in which the order is expected by November 18, before CJI Gogoi retires. Justice Bobde was elevated to the Supreme Court in April 2012 after serving as chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh high court.