CJI Gogoi sits on bench for last time in court number 1 before he retires on Nov 17
New Delhi, Nov 15: Outgoing Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi sat on the bench for the last time in court number 1 of the Supreme Court on Friday. He will demit office on November 17.
Court number 1 of the apex court in the courtroom of the Chief Justice of India. Justice Gogoi sat in the bench with chief justice-designate S A Bobde for just four minutes, during which Supreme Court Bar Association president Rakesh Khanna expressed gratitude on behalf of the Bar to the chief justice.
CJI Gogoi recommends S A Bobde as his successor
Justice Gogoi will demit office as the Chief Justice of India on Sunday. An apex court official said Justice Gogoi would visit Raj Ghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi. He had also visited the Raj Ghat on October 3 last year after taking oath as the CJI.
Later in the day, Justice Gogoi will likely to have a video conference with 650 high court judges across the country and 15,000 judicial officers. He is likely to deliver his message to all the judges and judicial officers.
Born
on
18th
November
1954,
Ranjan
Gogoi
joined
the
Bar
in
1978.
Gogoi
had
practised
mainly
in
the
Gauhati
High
Court.
He
was
appointed
as
Permanent
Judge
of
Gauhati
High
Court
on
28th
February
2001
and
transferred
to
Punjab
&
Haryana
High
Court
on
9th
September
2010.
Then
he
was
appointed
as
Chief
Justice
of
Punjab
&
Haryana
High
Court
on
12th
February
2011
and
was
elevated
as
Judge
of
the
Supreme
Court
on
23rd
April
2012.
Finally,
he
was
appointed
as
the
Chief
Justice
of
India
on
03.10.2018.
(with PTI inputs)