♦ Supreme Court judge, Justice B.R. Gavai, was appointed as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) on 29 April 2025.

♦ He succeeded incumbent CJI Sanjiv Khanna, who will retire on May 13.

♦ Justice Gavai, in line to be the 52nd CJI, will have a tenure of over 6 months, and he will demit office on November 23, 2025.

♦ Justice Gavai was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court on May 29, 2019.

♦ Appointed as Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court in November 2003, he became a permanent Judge in November 2005.

♦ He was appointed as Assistant Government Pleader and Additional Public Prosecutor in the Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench in August 1992 and served till July 1993.

♦ He was appointed as Government Pleader and Public Prosecutor for the Nagpur Bench on January 17, 2000.