Published 02:18 IST, March 17th 2020
Shivraj Singh Chouhan congratulates ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi on RS nomination
Former MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan congratulated former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi for being nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Kovind
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan congratulated former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi for being nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Ram Nath Kovind. Taking to Twitter, Chouhan said Gogoi's presence in the upper house of Parliament will benefit the country.
According to a notification issued by the Centre on Monday, the President has, under clause (1) of Article 80 of the Constitution, nominated the former CJI to fill the vacancy in Rajya Sabha due to the retirement of one of the nominated member. Gogoi had retired from the Supreme Court on November 17 after pronouncing the historic Ayodhya verdict. 51 seats in Rajya Sabha will fall vacant in April, five more in June, one in July, and 11 in November this year.
About Ranjan Gogoi
Ranjan Gogoi - the 46th Chief Justice of India is the son of former Assam chief minister Kesab Chandra Gogoi and completed his law degree from Delhi University. At first, he enrolled in Gauhati High Court in 1978 practising constitutional, taxation and company matters. He was then transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court - where he rose to the post of Chief Justice. Later he was elevated as a judge in the Supreme Court on 23 April 2012 and subsequently succeeded then-CJI Dipak Misra on 3 October 2018.
Prior to his appointment to the top post in the apex court, Gogoi had gained the media spotlight when he participated in an unprecedented press conference of Supreme Court judges raising several problems in the judiciary - mainly the allocation of key cases by the CJI - who was the master of the roster. Gogoi along with three other dissenting judges - Justices Kurian Joseph, Madan B Lokur, Justice Chelameswar released a letter they wrote to Misra, conceding that he was the master of the roster but that was "not a recognition of any superior authority, legal or factual of the Chief Justice over his colleagues".
Updated 02:18 IST, March 17th 2020