Ranjan Gogoi is the 46th Chief Justice of India. He served as a Supreme Court judge and pronounced the verdict in the Ayodhya land dispute case.
Wiki/Biography
Ranjan Gogoi was born on Thursday, November 18, 1954, in Dibrugarh, Assam (age 68; as of 2022). His zodiac sign is Scorpio. He was educated at Don Bosco High School and Cotton University, Guwahati, Assam. He studied for an honors degree in history at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. He received his LLB from Delhi University. When he completed college, he attempted and passed the UPSC examination; because his father wanted him to do so. However, he told his father that he took the exam just because it was his (Gogoi’s father’s) wish but he himself wanted to be an advocate.
Ranjan Gogoi in his speech
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′6″
Eye color: black
Hair color: black
family, caste and wife
Ranjan Gogoi belongs to the Tai Ahom ethnic group. His father Kesab Chandra Gogoi is the former chief minister of Assam. His mother’s name is Shanti Gogoi. His elder brother Anjan Gogoi is a retired Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force. His younger brother Niranjan Gogoi is a doctor and currently lives in London, England. He has two younger sisters whose names are unknown.
Ranjan Gogoi’s father Kesab Chandra Gogoi
Ranjan Gogoi and his mother Shanti Gogoi
Ranjan Gogoi’s brother Anjan Gogoi
Ranjan Gogoi married Rupanjali Gogoi. They have two children, a daughter Rashmi Gogoi (lawyer) and a son Raktim Gogoi (lawyer).
Ranjan Gogoi and wife Rupanjali Gogoi
Ranjan Gogoi (middle) and his daughter Rashmi Gogoi (right)
Profession
judicial
In 1978, Gogoi joined the BAR Association and started practicing before the Gauhati High Court. On February 28, 2001, he was appointed as a permanent judge of the Gauhati High Court. On September 9, 2010, he was produced before the Punjab and Haryana High Court. On February 12, 2011, he was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Ranjan Gogoi during his tenure as Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
On April 23, 2012, he was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India. On October 3, 2018, he was appointed as the 46th Chief Justice of India, serving a term of 13 months until his retirement on November 17, 2019.
Ranjan Gogoi sworn in as 46th Chief Justice of India
On October 18, 2019, as per the agreement, Gogoi sent a recommendation letter to Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad recommending SA Bobde as the 47th Chief Justice of India. On November 9, 2019, he delivered a verdict on the 134-year-old Ayodhya land dispute case.
Ranjan Gogoi poses with the Supreme Court judge who delivered the Ayodhya verdict
In November 2019, he retired as the Chief Justice of India.
Federal Council
On March 16, 2020, President Ram Nath Kovind, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 80(1)(a) of the Constitution of India, together with paragraph (3) of that Article, Nominated Ranjan Gogoi to the House of Federation.
dispute
- Gogoi was one of the Supreme Court judges hearing the Soumya murder and rape case. The judge quashed the death penalty imposed by the High Court and sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment for rape and other charges of causing bodily harm to the victim. The verdict was criticized by the public and several political leaders. Justice Markandey Katju, a former Supreme Court judge, also expressed disapproval of the verdict. He was summoned by the Supreme Court for “contempt of court”.
- On January 12, 2018, Gogoi and three other Supreme Court judges became the first judges in Indian history to hold a press conference. They claim there are problems with the work of India’s Supreme Court and flaws in the justice delivery system and case distribution. They also asked the then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra why Justice Arun Misra was assigned to attend the hearing in the death case of CBI judge BH Loya. Justice Misra condemned the judge’s behavior and said the press conference was held to tarnish his image.
Ranjan Gogoi with 3 other judges of the Supreme Court of India at a press conference
- On April 19, 2019, a former female employee of the Supreme Court of India claimed that Gogoi sexually harassed her. She said Gogoi sexually harassed her on two separate occasions in October 2018 in his home office. She also stated that she was fired in December 2018 and the real reason for her dismissal was that she rejected Gogoi’s sexual advances. However, on May 6, 2019, the investigative team set up to investigate the matter dropped all charges against Gogoi.
Letter from woman accusing Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment
- On May 11, 2023, Aabhijeet Sharma, a social worker from Guwahati, filed a defamation suit against him. Sharma filed a defamation suit worth Rs. A Rs 1-crore suit was filed against Ranjan Gogoi in the Kamrup (Metro) District and Guwahati Civil Magistrate’s Courts alleging that Gogoi’s book titled Justice for Judges contains objectionable material related to the National Register of Citizens update exercise content. Sharma also demanded a ban on the book. According to Sharma, Gogoi falsely hinted to him in his autobiography that NRC officials were attacked by locals, including Aabhijeet Sharma. Gogoi wrote in his biography,
At the local level, local politicians, especially Assam Public Works Department Chairman Abhijit Sharma, made personal attacks on the SCNR (Hajira) and veiled attacks on the judges (especially me), This convinced us (the bench) that the order should be passed to protect former state NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela from undue harassment and intentional harm. The bench passed the order on October 18, 2019, directing his delegation to undertake inter-cadre transfer to his home state of Madhya Pradesh. “
In 2017, Sharma accused Hajira of being involved in a scam related to the NRC renewal exercise, a charge he found baseless. Ranjan Gogoi, then a Supreme Court judge, initiated a contempt case against Sharma and directed him to apologize unconditionally in court. Sharma said,
I raised concerns about the misappropriation of funds from NRC activities where there was sufficient evidence, and the Auditor General of India believed that this was correct. As a result, Hajira was removed from his post and transferred from Assam. “
Sharma points out another flaw in Gogoi’s biography, when Gogoi writes:
Subsequent events such as the filing of an FIR against Hajela and other NRC officials; the corruption allegations and threats to order a CBI probe, as well as the massive misinformation and widespread publicity given to the media, lead me to believe that the bench, by invoking Article 142 of the Constitution, passed The rather unusual inter-cadre transfer order of the Hajra was entirely justified. ”
Assets/Property (as of 2018)
- Bank Deposit: 6.50 lacs INR
- Fixed Deposit: INR 16 Lacs
- Residential Building: Inherited Land in Mouza Beltola Village, Japorigog, Assam
salary
- rupee. 100,000 + other allowances (as of 2020)
Facts/Trivia
- During his tenure as CJI, Gogoi was involved in many high-profile cases such as Reliance Communications case, Ayodhya land dispute case, Amitabh Bachchan income reassessment case, etc.
- In January 2018, the judge sitting as Gogoi heard the Kanhaiya Kumar case. However, he dismissed a petition calling for an investigation into the Kanhaiya attack in February 2016.
- His Supreme Court bench ruled that no individual could contest elections without full disclosure of his or her assets/property, educational qualifications and criminal history.
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