Hailing from a family of lawyers from Maharashtra, Justice Bobde was part of a 9-judge Bench of Supreme Court which in August 2017 declared right to privacy as a fundamental right of an individual
He will have a tenure of 17 months and would demit office on April 23, 2021
The CJI highlighted at least five issues - legal ambiguity, weak human resources, lack of adequate investment, accountability, and political interference - that were ailing the premier institution
A look at some major judgments by Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice J S Khehar