♦ Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna recommended Justice B.R. Gavai, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, as his successor on 16 April 2025.

♦ Justice Gavai is expected to be sworn in as the 52nd Chief Justice of India on May 14.

♦ Justice Khanna was appointed as CJI on November 11, 2024, succeeding former CJI D Y Chandrachud, who retired on November 10. Khanna is due to retire on May 13, having served a tenure of six months.

♦ The retirement age of Supreme Court judges is 65 years. 

♦ Justice Gavai’s tenure as CJI will span over six months, concluding on 2025 November 23.

♦ Justice Gavai was elevated to the Supreme Court on May 29, 2019. He was first appointed as an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court in November 2003 and became a permanent judge in November 2005.

♦ He served as Standing Counsel for the Municipal Corporation of Nagpur, Amravati Municipal Corporation, and Amravati University.

♦ He was appointed Assistant Government Pleader and Additional Public Prosecutor at the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) in August 1992, serving until July 1993.

♦ He later became Government Pleader and Public Prosecutor for the Nagpur Bench on January 17, 2000.