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Ranjan Gogoi | |
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 Gogoi in 2019 | |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 17 March 2020 | |
| Nominated by | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Appointed by | M. Venkaiah Naidu |
| Constituency | Nominated (Law) |
| 46th Chief Justice of India | |
| In office 3 October 2018 – 17 November 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Preceded by | Dipak Misra |
| Succeeded by | Sharad Arvind Bobde |
| Judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
| In office 23 April 2012 – 2 October 2018 | |
| Nominated by | S. H. Kapadia |
| Appointed by | Pratibha Patil |
| Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court | |
| In office 12 February 2011 – 23 April 2012 | |
| Nominated by | S. H. Kapadia |
| Appointed by | Pratibha Patil |
| Preceded by | Mukul Mudgal |
| Succeeded by | Adarsh Kumar Goel (acting) |
| Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court | |
| In office 9 September 2010 – 11 February 2011 | |
| Nominated by | S. H. Kapadia |
| Appointed by | Pratibha Patil |
| Judge of the Gauhati High Court | |
| In office 28 February 2001 – 8 September 2010[1] | |
| Nominated by | Adarsh Sein Anand |
| Appointed by | K. R. Narayanan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 November 1954 Dibrugarh, Assam, India[2] |
| Spouse | Rupanjali Gogoi |
| Children | 2 |
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| Alma mater | Faculty of Law, University of Delhi |
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| Awards | Assam Baibhav, 2023 |
Ranjan Gogoi (born 18 November 1954)[3] is an Indian former advocate and judge who served as the 46th Chief Justice of India from 2018 to 2019, having previously served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India from 2012 to 2018. He is currently a Member of the Rajya Sabha, having been nominated by President Ram Nath Kovind on 16 March 2020.[4] Gogoi served as a judge in the Gauhati High Court from 2001 to 2010, and then was transferred as a judge to the Punjab and Haryana High Court from 2010 to 2011 where he later was the Chief Justice from 2011 to 2012. He is also a member of the Committee on External Affairs in the Rajya Sabha.
Born and raised in Dibrugarh, Gogoi is from a political family and descends from the Ahom dynasty. His maternal grandparents were both state legislators, and his grandmother, Padma Kumari Gohain, was one of the first female MLAs and one of the first female ministers in Assam cabinets. His father, Kesab Chandra Gogoi served as the Chief Minister of Assam for two months in 1982. Gogoi is the only chief justice to have been the son of a Chief Minister.[5] His mother, Shanti Priya Gogoi, was a prominent social activist, who founded an NGO named SEWA, in 2000, two years after the death of Kesab Chandra Gogoi in 1998. One of five children, Gogoi's four siblings, also excelled in their respective careers. He is also the first chief justice from Northeast India.[6]
Gogoi studied at Cotton University and later completed his higher studies at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. He enrolled at the bar in 1978 and practised at the Gauhati High Court under advocate JP Bhattacharjee. He began to practise independently in 1991 and became a senior counsel in 1999 at the court. His tenure on the Punjab and Haryana High Court saw orders which questioned the CBI’s promotion of SPS Rathore, despite the Ruchika Girhotra case, as well as several other judgements. He was nominated to the Supreme Court in 2012 and was sworn in by S. H. Kapadia. Gogoi made several important and landmark judgements during his tenure including the updating of the National Register of Citizens for Assam, and the Soumya Murder case. He also served on the bench that created special courts to try MLAs and MPs, and ruled against the Uttar Pradesh Government law wherein former Chief Ministers are allowed to occupy government bungalows. He was appointed the Chief Justice of India in 2018 and served until 2019. During his tenure, he oversaw several more important judgements, including the judgement on the Ayodhya dispute and the Rafale deal, before retiring in 2019. In 2020 he was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, and has served on the committee on communications and information technology, and the committee on external affairs.[4][7]
He is the third Supreme Court judge to serve the Rajya Sabha, and the first to be nominated to his seat, after Ranganath Mishra and Baharul Islam, who were elected as members of the Indian National Congress.[8] He has also written an autobiography titled "Justice for the Judge: An Autobiography".[9] In 2019, he was listed as the third most powerful person in India.[10][11]
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- ^ Karmakar, Rahul (8 September 2018). "Who is Ranjan Gogoi, and what is he known for?". The Hindu.
- ^ "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ranjan Gogoi". Supreme Court of India. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012.
- ^ a b "President nominates former CJI Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha". The Economic Times. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Things to know about the 46th Chief Justice of India - 46th CJI but 1st north eastern". The Economic Times. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ "Ranjan Gogoi Sworn In As Chief Justice Of India, To Remain In Office Till November 2019: Highlights". NDTV.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ "Ranjan Gogoi Sworn-In As The 46th Chief Justice Of India". thelogicalindian.com. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ "Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi nominated to Rajya Sabha, less than 6 months after retirement". Debayon Roy. ThePrint. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Ex-SC judges say Gogoi in RS clouds judiciary's independence, he says am for nation-building". The Indian Express. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ "CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Himanta Biswa Sarma make it to IE100 list of most powerful Indians in 2019 - NorthEast Live". 30 September 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "IE100: The list of most powerful Indians in 2019". The Indian Express. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2022.