On September 3, the president has appointed Justice Gogoi as the 46th Chief Justice of India. He will take oath on October 3 after incumbent Chief Justice Dipak Misra retires.
Justice Gogoi’s tenure will last till November 2019.
Justice Gogoi is one of the four Supreme Court judges who had held an unprecedented press conference in January this year, raising concerns about the administration in the apex court, saying it was "not in order".
"There may be some elements who try to weaken the institution, but the judiciary will refuse to succumb," the CJI said.
The Supreme Court on Thursday said matrimonial sanctity is an issue but the penal provision on adultery is apparently violative of the right to equality under the Constitution as it treats married men and married women differently.
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Shanti Bhushan, in his petition, had suggested that rostering of judges and assigning of cases should be decided by a panel of senior judges rather that the CJI.
Speculations surrounding Justice Gogoi's appointment as the next CJI emerged following the unprecedented press conference of four most-senior judges in January this year when they had criticised Justice Misra over various issues, especially the manner of allocation of cases to certain benches.
In its last meeting on May 2, the collegium had reportedly decided to draft a point-by-point rejoinder to the Centre that questioned their choice.
Here are the highlights of Tuesday's hearing in the Supreme Court in CJI impeachment notice case:
The top court by its February 16 judgment had asked the Centre to frame a scheme for the implementation of the tribunal award and its judgment. It had given the Centre six weeks time, that came to end on March 30, for this purpose.
In his Facebook post, Jaitley termed the impeachment motion as “wholly misconcieved”, adding that “it was poorly drafted and lacked in substance”.
Sibal withdrew the petition after the apex court bench rejected his demand to get a copy of the administrative order which led to the formation of the bench for hearing this matter.
CJI impeachment motion: Two Congress MPs withdraw their plea from Supreme Court.
In the petition challenging the rejection of impeachment notice against the CJI by the Rajya Sabha Chairman, the two MPs claimed that the reasons given were "wholly extraneous" and not legally tenable. The matter will be heard today.
Two Congress MPs approached the Supreme Court challenging Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu's dismissal of the impeachment motion against CJI Dipak Misra.
The plea also referred to various media reports carrying the statements of MPs and politicians in this regard and said no law was made by Parliament which permits the circulation of a draft notice of motion to the media.
Two Congress Parliamentarians from Rajya Sabha- Pratap Singh Bajwa and Amee Harshadray Yajnik, on Monday, approached the Supreme Court challenging Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu's dismissal of the impeachment motion against CJI Dipak Misra.
Reacting on the controversy over his non-elevation as a Supreme Court judge, Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K M Joseph on Sunday said that such an incident has never happened before.
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