Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai on Sunday says he is cooling down after six-and-a-half years on the bench, and intends to take “8–10 days off, doing nothing,” before returning to Delhi not as a power-centre former CJI, but as a private citizen committed to social work.

CJI B.R. Gavai retires on Sunday. Justice Suryakant will take oath as 53rd Chief Justice of India on Monday (November 24).

Rejecting all speculation about post-retirement assignments, Gavai says he will “not accept any official position”, and will instead devote time to NGOs already working in Maharashtra.

In a candid farewell interaction, the country’s second Dalit CJI reflected on judicial independence, pendency, appointments, the presidential reference verdict, reservation, social media pressures and even the shoe-th

See Full Page