CJI Ranjan Gogoi sits in bench for last time, will address judges across India

Outgoing Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi sat on bench for last time in court number 1 of Supreme Court on Friday. Court number 1 of apex court is courtroom of Chief Justice of India. Justice Gogoi sat in 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 Bar to chief justice.

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CJI to have video conference with 650 HC & 15,000 judicial judges

Justice Gogoi will demit office as Chief Justice of India on Sunday. An apex court official said Justice Gogoi would visit Raj Ghat to pay hom to Mahatma Gandhi. He had also visited Raj Ghat on October 3 last year after taking oath as CJI. Later in day, Justice Gogoi will likely to have a video conference with 650 high court judges across country and 15,000 judicial officers. He is likely to deliver his mess to all judges and judicial officers. 

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