Justice Khehar recommends Justice Dipak Misra as his successor

The 44th and present Chief Justice of India, Justice JS Khehar has recommended Justice Dipak Misra as 45th Chief Justice of India. Justice Khehar has been a judge in Supreme Court of India since 13 September 2011 and will retire on 27 August 2017. After Justice Khehar, Justice Mishra is the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court.

According to the laid down procedure, the law minister writes to the CJI seeking his recommendation on who should succeed him.

Justice Dipak Misra was born on 3rd October 1953. He was enrolled as an Advocate on 14th February 1977 and practiced in Constitutional, Civil, Criminal, Revenue, Service and Sales Tax matters in the Orissa High Court and the Service Tribunal.

Justice Misra has passed significant judgment in the Own Motion vs State case, requiring Delhi Police to upload FIRs on their website within 24 hours of the FIRs being lodged, in order to enable the accused to file appropriate applications before the court for redressal of their grievances.

In a case on reservation in promotion, Justice Misra and Justice Dalveer Bhandari upheld the Allahabad High Court judgement that reservation in promotions can be provided only if there is sufficient data and evidence to justify the need. He also headed the bench which rejected the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon's appeal to stop his execution. He then received a death threat in writing, an anonymous letter which said “irrespective of the protection you may avail, we will eliminate you.” A three-judge bench led by Justice Misra also upheld the death sentence awarded to the four convicts of the Nirbhaya rape case on 5th May 2017

Justice Misra will have a tenure of nearly 14 months as the CJI. He will retire on October 2, 2018.

With inputs from PTI