CJI Dipak Misra recommends Justice Ranjan Gogoi as next chief justice

CJI Dipak Misra recommends Justice Ranjan Gogoi as next chief justice

Deepak Mishra, the chief justice of India sent a letter to the central government on Tuesday recommending Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the next chief justice.

Justice Ranjan Gogoi will be sworn in as the next CJI on October 3 and Justice Mishra’s tenure ends on 2^nd October.

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Jutice Mishra has written to the Ministry of Law and Justice and recommended the name of Justice Gogoi, the senior most judge, as the next CJI. According to the sources, Justice Misra had decided to go by convention and recommend the name of Justice Gogoi on September 1.

-PTC NEWS