Justice Ranjan Gogoi: All you need to know about 46th Chief Justice of India
Justice Gogoi was appointed the Chief Justice of India by President Ram Nath Kovind last month on the recommendation of incumbent CJI Dipak Misra who retired on October 1.
Justice Ranjan Gogoi was sworn in as the Chief Justice of India on Wednesday at a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Justice Gogoi was appointed the Chief Justice of India by President Ram Nath Kovind last month on the recommendation of incumbent CJI Dipak Misra who retired from his post on October 1.
President Kovind administered the oath to the 63-year-old Justice Gogoi at a brief ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan's Darbar Hall. Justice Gogoi will have a tenure of a little over 13 months and would retire on November 17, 2019. Several leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his predecessor Manmohan Singh, former premier HD Deve Gowda and Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge were present at the ceremony.
He succeeds Justice Dipak Misra who retired Tuesday on attaining the age of 65 years. Misra's tumultuous 13-month tenure drew to a close on Monday. Misra used his last public address as the top judge to stress the independence of the judiciary and asserting there is "collegiality" amongst the judges of the Supreme Court. At the farewell ceremony, Justice Gogoi praised the outgoing CJI for an "illustrious career".
Justice Misra had on September 4 sent a letter to the Government of India, recommending Justice Gogoi's name for the next CJI.
Earlier, rumours about the government introducing a bill to increase the retirement age of judges were doing the rounds in media, only to be later put to rest by Law Ministry denying such speculations.
Here is all you need to know about the 46th Chief Justice of India: