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Ranjan Gogoi retired as CJI on November 17, 2019. He took oath as a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha in March this year.
Ranjan Gogoi retired as CJI on November 17, 2019. He took oath as a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha in March this year.
Gogoi’s nomination has definitely caused eyebrows to be raised, said the CM, adding that any sensible person would be against such a move by the Government.
The NDA government appointed another former CJI, P Sathasivam, as Governor of Kerala in 2014, a few months after he demitted office.
The Home Ministry had on Monday issued a notification announcing that President Ram Nath Kovind is nominating Gogoi to fill the vacancy originating due to retirement of one of the nominated members.
The Home Ministry on Monday issued a notification announcing that President Ram Nath Kovind is nominating Ranjan Gogoi to fill the vacancy originating due to retirement of one of the nominated members.
The 46th CJI Gogoi was in office from 3 October, 2018 till 17 November, 2019 and had been part of the several important cases like the Ayodhya Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid case , as well as matters like Rafale fighter jet deal and entry of women in Sabarimala temple.
Justice Bobde was part of the five-judge constitution bench hearing longest-running Ayodhya land dispute case which delivered its historic judgment on November 9.
On demand of his father, Ranjan Gogoi appeared for UPSC exams and even cleared it. But he was honest enough to tell his father that his interest lies in pursuing law.
The Supreme Court on Saturday granted the ownership of the 2.77 acres of disputed land in Ayodhya to the Hindus, for the construction of a temple, and ruled that the Muslims will get 5 acres of land at an alternative site.
In 2010, the Delhi HC had held that the office of the CJI comes within the ambit of the RTI law, stating that judicial independence was not a judge's privilege but a responsibility cast upon him.
