Discussing the CJI's achievements, Justice Lalit said that what stood the most was the 250 High Court appointments he made during his time in office and his push for better judicial infrastructure.
As Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra is set to retire on October 2, the Law Ministry has asked him to recommend the name of his successor. Sources in the Law Ministry said that Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has recently written to CJI Misra asking him to suggest the name of the judge who will replace him. Justice Ranjan Gogoi is the senior-most judge of the top court after the CJI.