Sharad Arvind Bobde | |
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47th Chief Justice of India | |
In office 18 November 2019 – 23 April 2021 | |
President | Ram Nath Kovind |
Preceded by | Ranjan Gogoi |
Succeeded by | N. V. Ramana |
Judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
In office 12 April 2013 – 17 November 2019 | |
Nominated by | Altamas Kabir |
Appointed by | Pranab Mukherjee |
Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court | |
In office 16 October 2012 – 11 April 2013 | |
Nominated by | Altamas Kabir |
Appointed by | Pranab Mukherjee |
Preceded by | Syed Rafat Alam |
Succeeded by | Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar |
Judge of the Bombay High Court | |
In office 29 March 2000 – 15 October 2012 | |
Nominated by | Adarsh Sein Anand |
Appointed by | K. R. Narayanan |
Personal details | |
Born | Nagpur, Maharashtra, India | 24 April 1956
Spouse | Kamini Bobde |
Children | 3[1] |
Alma mater | Nagpur University (BA, LLB) |
Sharad Arvind Bobde (born 24 April 1956) is an Indian judge who served as the 47th Chief Justice of India from 18 November 2019 to 23 April 2021.[2]
He is a former Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.[3] He is also the former Chancellor of Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai and Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur. He had a tenure of eight years in the Supreme Court of India and retired on 23 April 2021.[4] On 24 April 2021, N. V. Ramana succeeded him as the CJI.[5]