Justice B R Gavai Appointed Next Chief Justice Of India, Set To Take Charge On 14 May—What You Need To Know

President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday (30 April) appointed Supreme Court Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai as the Chief Justice of India (CJI).

Justice Gavai will take over as next Supreme Court Chief Justice on 14 May, after retirement of CJI Sanjeev Khanna on 13 May.

"In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Judge of the Supreme Court as the Chief Justice of India with effect from 14th May, 2025," the Law Ministry said in a statement.

The ministry said that President Murmu has signed the Warrant for appointment of Justice Gavai as the next CJI and the notification of his appointment has accordingly been issued by the Department of Justice.

Justice Gavai was born on 24 November 1960 in Amaravati and joined the bar in March 1985.

He worked with late Barrister Shri Raja S Bhonsale, former Advocate General and Judge of High Court, till 1987.

He practiced independently at Bombay High Court from 1987 to 1990. After 1990, he practiced mainly before Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court.

He practiced in Constitutional Law and Administrative Law and was Standing Counsel for Municipal Corporation of Nagpur, Amravati Municipal Corporation and Amravati University.

He appeared regularly for various autonomous bodies and Corporations like SICOM, DCVL etc. and various Municipal Councils in Vidarbha region.

He worked as Assistant Government Pleader and Additional Public Prosecutor in the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench, from August 1992 to July 1993.

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

He was elevated as Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court on 14 November 2003 and appointed as permanent Judge of the Bombay High Court on 12 November 2005.

He presided over benches having all types of assignments at the Principal Seat at Mumbai as well as Benches at Nagpur, Aurangabad and Panaji.

He was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 24 May 2019.

In the last six years, he was a part of around 700 SC benches dealing with matters pertaining to variety of subjects including constitutional and administrative law, civil law, criminal law, commercial disputes, arbitration law, electricity law, education matters, environmental law, etc.

He has authored around 300 judgments including Constitutional Bench Judgements on various issues upholding the rule of law and safeguarding the fundamental rights, human rights and legal rights of citizens.

He has attended various international conferences including those at Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), New York (US), Cardiff (UK) and Nairobi (Kenya).

He has delivered lectures on various constitutional and environmental issues in various Universities and Organizations including Columbia University and Harvard University.

He is due to retire on 23 November 2025.

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