Setting in motion the process of appointing the next head of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/india-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Indian</a> judiciary, the government on Friday wrote to <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/CJI-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Chief Justice of India</a> Uday Umesh Lalit to recommend his successor.
Justice Lalit will retire as the CJI on November 8 after a brief tenure of 74 days.
"As per the MoP on appointment of Chief Justice of India and Supreme Court Judges, today the Hon'ble Minister of Law and Justice sent a letter to the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India for sending his recommendations for appointment of his successor," the Ministry of Law and Justice said in a tweet.
This is perhaps the first time that the ministry has tweeted about it.
According to the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), the CJI names the senior-most judge as his or her successor.
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The MoP is a document which guides the appointment and transfer of Supreme Court and high court judges. Justice D Y Chandrachud is the senior-most judge after the CJI.
Going by the established practice and convention, Justice Chandrachud would be the 50th CJI and take oath on November 9.
He would have a tenure of two years and demit office on November 10, 2024.
While Supreme Court judges retire after attaining the age of 65, high court judges retire at 62 years.&nbsp;
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Justice Lalit will retire as the CJI on November 8 after a brief tenure of 74 days

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