BR Gavai Recommended As Next Chief Justice Of India

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna has recommended the name of Justice B.R. Gavai as his successor.

CJI Khanna will demit office on May 13, after a tenure of around 6 months in the highest judicial office of the country. Justice Gavai, in line to be the 53th CJI, will have a tenure of over 6 months and he will demit office on November 23, 2025.

CJI Khanna wrote to the Central government, recommending the name of Justice Gavai, as per the established practice of the CJI naming the senior-most judge as his successor. According to the Memorandum of Procedure, the Centre asks the outgoing CJI to name the successor, just before a month of retirement. Justice Gavai was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on May 29, 2019. Appointed as Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court in November 2003, and became a permanent Judge in November 2005.

Before elevation to the Bench, he practised in Constitutional Law and Administrative Law.