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Justice Ranjan Gogoi Took Oath As 46th Chief Justice of India (CJI)
Justice Ranjan Gogoi Took Oath As 46th Chief Justice of India: Details, Highlights
Justice Ranjan Gogoi took oath as the 46th Chief Justice of India. He was administered the oath of office by President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Justice Ranjan Gogoi succeeded CJI Justice Dipak Misra who got retired on 1st October
PM Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, former prime ministers Manmohan Singh and HD Deve Gowda were among the dignitaries who were present at Rashtrapati Bhavan's Darbar Hall for the ceremony.
Justice Ranjan Gogoi (63 years old) is the first person from the northeast to become the Chief Justice of India. He will have a tenure of a little over 13 months and would retire on November 17, 2019.
Justice Ranjan Gogoi is also known to be a soft-spoken but tough judge. He was among the four judges who, in January, criticized Chief Justice Misra in a rare press conference and accused him of misusing his role of assigning cases as the Supreme Court's Master of the Roster.
Justice Ranjan Gogoi was born on 18th November 1954, Justice Gogoi was enrolled as an advocate in 1978. He practised in the Gauhati High Court on constitutional, taxation and company matters. He was appointed as a Permanent Judge of the Gauhati High Court on February 28, 2001. He was transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court on September 9, 2010.
Justice Ranjan Gogoi was appointed as Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court on February 12, 2011. He was elevated to the Supreme Court on April 23, 2012.
