Justice Ranjan Gogoi Will Be Next Chief Justice Of India
4th September, 2018Category: National
Justice Ranjan Gogoi, the second senior-most judge in the court, is likely to assume the office of the Chief Justice of India on October 3, and will continue in that position for 13 months till November 17, 2019. As per protocol, the sitting CJI has to name his successor, after which clearance has to be sought from the central government and then the President of the country.
Justice Gogoi, along with the other Justices Jasti Chelameswar, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph, revolted against CJI Misra, following which the apex court was thrown into its biggest ever crisis. Born in 1954, Justice Gogoi was appointed as a permanent judge of the Guwahati High Court on February 28, 2001, and was elevated as a Supreme Court judge on April 23, 2012.
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