Abhishek Singhvi slams BJP for ex-CJI's RS nomination; asks PM to heed Arun Jaitley

Slamming BJP on mination of former CJI Ranjan Gogoi to Rajya Sabha, senior SC vocate and Congress leer Abhishek Manu Singhvi, on Monday contrasted freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose to BJP's ideology. Quoting Bose's 'Give me blood, I will give you freedom', he said BJP h tweaked it to 'Give us a judgment favourable to our ideology, we give you Rajya Sabha seat'. He ded that it was t about Gogoi, but about 'concept of independence of judiciary'.

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Quoting late former Union Minister Arun Jaitley, he asked PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah to listen to Jaitley's vice against post-retirement largesse to judges. Lamenting defeat of faith, trust, perception in courts, he said that NDA h previously minated Former Chief Justice P. Sathasivam as Goverr of Kerala immediately after his retirement in 2014. Pointing out that previous CJIs Ranganath Misra and Mohamm Hidayatullah became Rajya Sabha members six and nine years respectively, he said that even cooling-off period for bureaucrats to become Rajya Sabha members was at least 1-2 years.

President minates Ranjan Gogoi to Rajya Sabha

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday has minated former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to Rajya Sabha, according to a tification issued by Centre. Under clause (1) of Article 80 of Constitution, President has minated former CJI to fill vacancy in Upper house due to retirement of one of minated member. Gogoi h retired from Supreme Court on vember 17 after prouncing historic Ayodhya verdict.  While 51 seats in Rajya Sabha are falling vacant in April, five more in June, one in July and 11 in vember this year.

President Ram Nath Kovind minates ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi to Rajya Sabha

About Ranjan Gogoi

Ranjan Gogoi- 46th Chief Justice of India is son of former Assam chief minister Kesab Chandra Gogoi and completed his law from Delhi University. At first he enrolled in Gauhati High Court in 1978 practising constitutional, taxation and company matters. He was n transferred to Punjab and Haryana High Court - where he rose to post of Chief Justice. Later he was elevated as a judge in Supreme Court on 23 April 2012 and subsequently succeeded n-CJI Dipak Misra on 3 October 2018. He was succeeded by Justice S A Bobde.  

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