1.

INTRODUCTION-

Ranjan Gogoi,born on 18 November 1954,is an nominated Indian Parliamentarian and Judge

who served as the 46th Chief Justice of India for 13 months between 2018 and 2019.

Ranjan Gogoi was born in a Tai-Ahom family with family residence at the K.C. Gogoi Path
in Dibrugarh.Along with paternal family,the royal family of Tai-Ahom Chao Pha Purandar
Singha can be traced back from his mother's side.His father is Kesab Chandra Gogoi,an Indian
National Congress politician who served as Chief Minister of Assam for two months in 1982.
Gogoi attended Don Bosco school in Dibrugarh before moving to Delhi to complete pre-
university studies. He then studied at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, graduating with honours in
history, before attending Delhi University, where he received a law degree.
He also appeared for the UPSC examination so as to keep the wish of his father and even cracked
it. But then he told his father politely that in order to keep his wish he cracked the examination
and wants to become an Advocate instead.
His brother Anjan Gogoi ex-Air Marshal of Indian Air Force admitted this information in an
interview to the Times of India.
Gogoi enrolled at the bar in 1978, and practiced at the Gauhati High Court, where he was made a
Permanent Judge on 28 February 2001. He was transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High
Court on 9 September 2010, becoming its Chief Justice on 12 February 2011. On 23 April 2012,
he was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court.
On 3 October 2018, he was appointed as Chief Justice of India, succeeding Dipak Misra.
He was nominated as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha on 16 March 2020 by President Ram
Nath Kovind and took oath on 19 March 2020. Except the Samajwadi Party, all other opposition
parties walked out, chanting "shame", in protest in the middle of the oath.

2.SIGNIFICANT JUDGEMENTS-
- On arbirtration a judicial bench comprising Gogoi and R. Banumathi observed that in the
absence of arbitration agreement, the court can only refer parties to arbitration with written
consent of the parties. This could be only be by a joint memorandum or application, not oral
consent given by counsel.
-On re-assessment of income of Amitabh Bachchan.
-Ayodhya dispute
On 9 November 2019, Ranjan Gogoi and four other Supreme Court judges (Justices Sharad
Arvind Bobde, Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S. Abdul Nazeer) pronounced
the verdict regarding the Ayodhya Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case. After 40
days of daily hearings from 6 August, the five-judge bench unanimously decided in favour of
Ram Janambhoomi, primarily based on faith as evidence instead of evidence of faith. The
judgment has been discussed in great detail by Sanjay Hegde as 'Thanedaar Justice With Jugaad
Jurisprudence, academic Aparna Chandra as legally flawed as it undo Indian secularism, and
Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly as the results not matching the reasoning. This was his last case
before retirement on 17 November 2019.
3.CONTROVERSIES
-2018 Supreme Court crisis[edit]
On 12 January 2018, Ranjan Gogoi and three other Supreme Court judges – Justice
Chelameswar, Madan Lokur and Kurian Joseph - became the first to hold a press conference.
They alleged problems plaguing the court, in terms of failure in the justice delivery system and
allocation of cases.
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