Ranjan Gogoi Retires

In his just-published memoir, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, former Chief Justice of India, defended his decision to join the Rajya Sabha 4 months after retiring from the Supreme Court, a move that had come in for widespread criticism.

Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi's nomination for a Rajya Sabha seat has been vehemently criticized by several retired judges, who have expressed deep concern over the message it is sending. Most agreed that it poses a grave risk to the independence of the judiciary and would shake the common man's faith in the institution.

Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, who was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, on Monday by President Ram Nath in an unprecedented move, said his presence in parliament will "be an opportunity to project the views of the judiciary before the legislative and vice versa".

Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi was nominated for Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, on Monday by President Ram Nath Kovind. The President's move is unprecedented - no Chief Justice has been nominated to the Upper House, usually dominated by celebrities and artistes, by the head of the state. And few members of the judiciary hav...

Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who retired on 17 November as the Chief Justice of India, has vacated his official home long before his one-month deadline.

After more than a decade, the Supreme Court Collegium has a woman member with Justice R Banumathi becoming its part after Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi retired on Sunday.

Justice Ranjan Gogoi, credited for bringing the curtains down on the decades old politically and religiously sensitive Ayodhya land dispute, retired as the Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Sunday.

Outgoing Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Fridayasked judges across the country to "deal with new challenges" that "arise from within and outside" the court. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who last week gave a historic verdict on the decades-old Ayodhya temple-mosque dispute, addressed high court and trial court judges in a video con...

Judges are required to 'maintain' silence while exercising their freedom, outgoing Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said on his last working day while explaining why he cannot give one-on-one interviews to journalists. Chief Justice Gogoi retires on Sunday a tenure of a little over 13 months.

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has written to government recommending Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde as his successor, say sources.

The Supreme Court has reserved verdict in the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya, after concluding daily hearings in the case after 40 days today. Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, declaring "Enough is enough", had said they will conclude the hearings before 5 pm today, after a lawyer asked the top court for more t...

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court as well as raise the retirement age of high court judges to 65 years.

A day before the Supreme Court set up an in-house panel to inquire into sexual harassment allegations against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, the government's top lawyer, Attorney General KK Venugopal, had written to five senior most judges asking for external members - retired judges -- on the panel.

The Supreme Court today ordered a probe headed by retired judge Justice AK Patnaik into lawyer Utsav Singh Bains's claims of a conspiracy to discredit Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi with sex harassment allegations.

Alok Verma was removed as the chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday evening by a committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, barely 48 hours after he was reinstated by the Supreme Court. The committee said he "had not acted with the integrity expected of him". Mr Verma lost his high-profile job just weeks before his reti...

In his just-published memoir, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, former Chief Justice of India, defended his decision to join the Rajya Sabha 4 months after retiring from the Supreme Court, a move that had come in for widespread criticism.

Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi's nomination for a Rajya Sabha seat has been vehemently criticized by several retired judges, who have expressed deep concern over the message it is sending. Most agreed that it poses a grave risk to the independence of the judiciary and would shake the common man's faith in the institution.

Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, who was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, on Monday by President Ram Nath in an unprecedented move, said his presence in parliament will "be an opportunity to project the views of the judiciary before the legislative and vice versa".

Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi was nominated for Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, on Monday by President Ram Nath Kovind. The President's move is unprecedented - no Chief Justice has been nominated to the Upper House, usually dominated by celebrities and artistes, by the head of the state. And few members of the judiciary hav...

Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who retired on 17 November as the Chief Justice of India, has vacated his official home long before his one-month deadline.

After more than a decade, the Supreme Court Collegium has a woman member with Justice R Banumathi becoming its part after Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi retired on Sunday.

Justice Ranjan Gogoi, credited for bringing the curtains down on the decades old politically and religiously sensitive Ayodhya land dispute, retired as the Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Sunday.

Outgoing Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Fridayasked judges across the country to "deal with new challenges" that "arise from within and outside" the court. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who last week gave a historic verdict on the decades-old Ayodhya temple-mosque dispute, addressed high court and trial court judges in a video con...

Judges are required to 'maintain' silence while exercising their freedom, outgoing Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said on his last working day while explaining why he cannot give one-on-one interviews to journalists. Chief Justice Gogoi retires on Sunday a tenure of a little over 13 months.

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has written to government recommending Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde as his successor, say sources.

The Supreme Court has reserved verdict in the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya, after concluding daily hearings in the case after 40 days today. Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, declaring "Enough is enough", had said they will conclude the hearings before 5 pm today, after a lawyer asked the top court for more t...

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court as well as raise the retirement age of high court judges to 65 years.

A day before the Supreme Court set up an in-house panel to inquire into sexual harassment allegations against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, the government's top lawyer, Attorney General KK Venugopal, had written to five senior most judges asking for external members - retired judges -- on the panel.

The Supreme Court today ordered a probe headed by retired judge Justice AK Patnaik into lawyer Utsav Singh Bains's claims of a conspiracy to discredit Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi with sex harassment allegations.

Alok Verma was removed as the chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday evening by a committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, barely 48 hours after he was reinstated by the Supreme Court. The committee said he "had not acted with the integrity expected of him". Mr Verma lost his high-profile job just weeks before his reti...