Justice Dipak Misra to be next Chief Justice of India

Justice Dipak Mishra will be the next Chief Justice of India.

The Union government on Tuesday appointed Justice Dipak Misra as the next Chief Justice of India.

He will be replacing incumbent Justice J S Khehar, who is set to retire on August 27. It was Khehar who had recommended Misra's name to succeed him as the next Chief Justice of India.

Justice Misra will be sworn in as the 45th Chief Justice of India by President Ram Nath Kovind on August 27.

The 63-year-old CJI-designate is the senior-most judge of the Supreme Courtafter Justice Khehar. He will be the third person from Odisha to be appointed the Chief Justice of India, after Justices Ranganath Misra and G B Pattanaik.

Source:-The Times of India