With barely a month left for the retirement of Chief Justice of India B R Gavai, the Centre on Thursday initiated the process for appointment of his successor.

The Government has formally written to CJI Gavai – who is due to retire on November 23 on attaining the age of 65 – to name his successor, sources said.

According to the memorandum of procedure on the appointment and transfer of Supreme Court and High Court judges, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court considered fit to hold the office should be appointed as the CJI.

CJI Gavai is expected to recommend Justice Surya Kant – the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court -- as his successor.

Born in a middle-class family on February 10, 1962 in Hisar district of Haryana, he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Law in 1984 from Maharish

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