Ranjan Gogoi sworn in as Chief Justice of India: All you need to know : Justice Ranjan Gogoi Sworn In As 46th Chief Justice of India

Ranjan Gogoi sworn in as Chief Justice of India: All you need to know  : Justice Ranjan Gogoi Sworn In As 46th Chief Justice of India  

Justice Ranjan Gogoi was on Wednesday sworn in as the 46th Chief Justice of India. He succeeds Justice Dipak Misra. President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath to 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 will retire on November 17, 2019. Here is all you need to know about the newly-appointed CJI Ranjan Gogoi:

The 63-year-old is the first Chief Justice from the North Eastern region of the country.

Born on November 18, 1954, he is the son of Keshab Chandra Gogoi, who was the chief minister of Assam in 1982.

He Joined the bar in 1978 and practised mainly in the Gauhati High Court.

On February 28, 2001, he was appointed as Permanent Judge of Gauhati High Court.

Following a nine-year-long stint at Gauhati High Court, he was transferred to Punjab & Haryana High Court on September 9, 2010.

A year later, he was appointed as Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court on February 12, 2011.

Elevated as judge of the Supreme Court on April 23, 2012.

In January this year, four judges of the Supreme Court, including Justice Ranjan Gogoi, in an unprecedented move, held a press conference to express their displeasure with the then Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Mishra and with the way he was assigning cases

The newly-appointed Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi on Wednesday said that "parameters" will be worked out for urgent mentioning and hearing of cases and that "no urgent mentioning of cases will be allowed" till the parameters are fixed. "We will work out the parameters then we will see as to how mentioning will be done," he said. "If somebody is going to be hanged tomorrow, then we can understand (urgency)", the CJI said.

File photo of Justice Ranjan Gogoi. PTI
File photo of Justice Ranjan Gogoi. PTI

In Supreme Court, Gogoi said: "No mentioning! We are working out the parameters….if someone is being released today, then yes….if someone is being hanged today, then yes….if somebody is being evicted today, then yes….if there is a risk of demolition, yes….beyond that, No!"

In fact, when advocate Mathews J Nedumpara, while trying to mention a matter in the apex court, welcomed the newly-appointed CJI, Gogoi cut him short. Nedumpara reportedly said, "All the best as the captain of the ship," Gogoi said, "Mr Nedumpara, we don’t need this. You are here to mention? No mentioning till parameters are worked out." The new CJI also refused to pass over a case. “No pass over, argue your case," Gogoi remarked

Ranjan Gogoi sworn in as Chief Justice of India: All you need to know  : Justice Ranjan Gogoi Sworn In As 46th Chief Justice of India 

click here to view      click here download