Mr Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde on Monday took oath as the 47th Chief Justice of India in the presence of President Ram Nath Kovind as  Ranjan Gogoi retired yesterday.

In the last two years, Justice Bobde has been part of three historical judgements of the Supreme Court. On November 9 this year, Justice Bobde was part of the five-judge constitution bench which delivered a unanimous verdict on the Ayodhya issue.

Justice Bobde was also part of the nine-judge SC bench whichhad, in August 2017, unanimously held that the Right to Privacy was aconstitutionally protected fundamental right in India.

 He was also part ofthe three-judge bench that clarified that no Indian citizen should be deprivedof basic services and government subsidies because he/she did not have anAadhaar card.

Chief Justice Bobde completed his graduation at SFS College Nagpur and studied Law at Dr. Ambekar Law College, Nagpur University in 1978. He enrolled as an advocate on 13 September 1978, practised at the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court with appearances before the principal seat at Bombay and before the Supreme Court of India and became Senior Advocate in 1998.

Bobde was appointed as an additional judge of Bombay HighCourt on 29 March 2000. He joined as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Courton 16 October 2012 and was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on12 April 2013. He was appointed as Chief Justice of India on 18 November 2019.