Former chief justice of India (CJI) SH Kapadia was yesterday appointed the Bombay Stock Exchange’s (BSE) public interest director, four months after he retired as the CJI.

The Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) nominated him to the post.

Kapadia dealt with matters under the SEBI Act 1992, the Companies Act 1956, the RBI Act, mergers and acquisitions, the Banking Regulation Act, taxation, the Information Technology Act 2000, and validity of the Indian Accounting Standards during his stint as a Supreme Court judge from 2003 onwards. [Business Standard]

According to several authoritative sources, Kapadia is also understood to have taken chambers in the offices of Gagrats in Mumbai; he started his legal career at the firm's precursor, Gagrat & Company.