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Justice N V Ramana appointed as next Chief Justice of India

He will supersede CJI Sharad Arvind Bobde as the top most judge of the Supreme Court

Justice N V Ramana
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Justice N V Ramana

BS Web Team New Delhi
President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday named Justice N V Ramana as the next Chief Justice of India. He will take charge on April 24, a day after Sharad Arvind Bobde retires as chief justice.
Justice Ramana, who was born on August 27, 1957,  will have a tenure as India's chief justice for a year and four months, till August 26, 2022.
 
Ramana, who will take over as India's 48th Chief Justice, hails from the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh and has been in the legal circles since the early 1980s. Before becoming part of the apex court, Justice Ramana practised