Meet Justice SA Bobde who will succeed Ranjan Gogoi as New CJI

Justice SA Bobde will succeed CJI Ranjan Gogoi as the new CJI on November 18th. 

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Justice Bobde was promoted to Supreme Court in April 2012 after serving as chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh high court. A Maharashtra born judge studied law at Nagpur University.
Justic SA Bobde the senior most Judge in Supreme Court of India will replace Ranjan Gogoi as 47th CJI after President Ram Nath Kovind signed the warrant of his appointment on Tuesday.

Justice Bobde will join as CJI on 18th November when CJI Gogoi demits office.

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Justice SA Bobde: An autobiography of Next CJI of India.
Justice Bobde was born in the year 1956 in state of Maharashtra studied law from Nagpur University. The apex court judge's father and grandfather were also lawyers like him later he began practising law in 1978 at Nagpur bench of the Bombay High court. After some years, Justice Bobde was designated as a senior advocated in 1998 and was elevated to the High court as an additional judge in March  2000. 
Justice Bobde had a important role to  play in apex court, being an active member of the committee on hearing of sexual harassmet allegations case against CJI Gogoi by a staff Member from CJI office in April 2019. The committee found no proof of allegations against him. The judge also played a key role in maintaining peace between previous CJI Dipak Misra and four other senior Judges who held press conference against the court working functions under him alleging Democracy under threat in January 2018. 
In judicial cases Justice Bobde is also a part of five judge bench that finished final hearing the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute & the final verdict is expected to be delivered before CJI Gogoi's retirement on 17th November.
Justice Bobde was part of the benches that gave landmark verdicts, One of them is nine-judge bench that enforced fundamental right telling that Right to privacy is inextricably bound with exercise of human liberty in 2017.
He was part of the bench that ruled that no Indian citizen could be deprived of basic services and government subsidies just because of non availability of Aadhar Card.
In 2017 he upheld the Karnataka state government's ban on a book grounds that it outraged the religious feelings of Lord Basavanna's followers.
Justice Bobde was member of bench under then CJI TS Thakur that ruled seeking votes in the name of religion is greater evil than whipping sentiments founded over castes and languages.