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  'Cases are in quarantine’: SC lawyer writes to CJI, suggests how courts can run during lockdown

  India | April 12, 2020 15:27 IST

  Closing courts for long due to the coronavirus pandemic is a "self-destructive idea", senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi has said in a letter to the Chief Justice of India and Supreme Court judges and also suggested how courts can function respecting social-distancing norms.

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  Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi takes oath as Rajya Sabha member

  India | March 19, 2020 11:08 IST

  Ranjan Gogoi, former chief justice of India, was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Ram Nath Kovind. The vacancy was created due to the retirement of KTS Tulsi. As the Chief Justice of India, Gogoi was behind the verdicts of some crucial cases including the Ayodhya land dispute, Sabarimala case, and Rafale deal.

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  On last working day, CJI Ranjan Gogoi spent 4 minutes in Courtroom 1

  India | November 15, 2019 21:02 IST

  On his last working day, outgoing Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Friday spent nearly four minutes in Court No.1 of the Supreme Court. Justice Gogoi, who retires on November 17, presided over the bench with Chief Justice-designate S.A. Bobde. Meanwhile, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Sanjiv Khanna expressed gratitude to the CJI on behalf of the lawyers' association.  

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  Outgoing CJI Gogoi declines requests for interviews, lauds media for maturity in trying times of SC

  India | November 15, 2019 17:46 IST

  Outgoing Chief Justice India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi on Friday expressed his inability to have one-to-one interview with scribes and lauded the press for its "maturity" and "character" in preventing "canards and falsehood" in "trying times" of the judiciary.  

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  After Ayodhya, CJI Gogoi to deliver these 5 major verdicts before retirement

  India | November 12, 2019 7:52 IST

  Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi is set to retire on November 17. Though the CJI has already delivered the verdict in the long-standing Ayodhya case, there are still 5 important cases that await a verdict by CJI Gogoi. Have a look at these 5 big pending cases before the Supreme Court.

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  CJI-Ranjan Gogoi led Ayodhya bench to go out for dinner at Taj Mansingh today

  India | November 09, 2019 15:46 IST

  ​Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has planned a dinner with the four judges on the Ayodhya bench -- Chief Justice-designate S.A. Bobde, Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice S.A. Nazeer -- at Taj Mansingh in the capital on Saturday. 

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  The 5-judge power bench that delivered Ayodhya verdict

  India | November 09, 2019 11:40 IST

  The Supreme Court on Saturday pronounced its verdict in the politically sensitive case of Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya. The five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, includes Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer.

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  CJI Gogoi to meet UP chief secretary, DGP ahead of Ayodhya verdict

  India | November 08, 2019 11:13 IST

  As CJI Ranjan Gogoi is set to retire on November 17, he has called a meeting Uttar Pradesh chief secretary and director general of police to assess the situation in the state, ahead of the Ayodhya verdict. Security across the entire state has been beefed up as the verdict in Ayodhya title dispute case is slated to be announced anytime by next week.

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  Who is Justice SA Bobde, the next Chief Justice of India

  India | October 18, 2019 12:41 IST

  Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi on Thursday recommended Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde as the next Chief Justice of India. CJI Ranjan Gogoi wrote a letter to the government for second senior-most judge Justice SA Bobde.

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  Justice SA Bobde to succeed Ranjan Gogoi as CJI; swearing-in on Nov 18

  India | October 18, 2019 12:10 IST

  Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi recommended Justice S A Bobde as the next Chief Justice of India. As per tradition, the sitting CJI has to write and recommend his immediate successor. CJI Ranjan Gogoi wrote letter to govt for second senior-most judge Justice Bobde.

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  Ayodhya verdict awaited, CJI Ranjan Gogoi cancels foreign visit

  India | October 17, 2019 12:11 IST

  On Wednesday, the Supreme Court had concluded the hearing in the Ayodhya land dispute case following which the judgement was reserved.

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  'Enough Is Enough', Ayodhya hearing to end at 5 pm today, says CJI

  India | October 16, 2019 12:44 IST

  Gogoi's statement came as the 5-judge Constitution bench said that it is hearing the Ayodhya land dispute case for the last 39 days and no more time beyond today will be granted to parties to conclude the hearing in the case.

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  Ayodhya Case: Meet 5-judge bench hearing final submissions today

  India | October 16, 2019 8:09 IST

  The Ayodhya title dispute may come to an end today with final submissions in the Supreme Court. Both Hindu and Muslim sides will conclude their arguments before the five-judge constitution bench -- CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice SA Bobde, Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice SA Nazeer.

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  Supreme Court sets Oct 18 deadline for completion of Ayodhya hearing

  India | September 18, 2019 20:59 IST

  The Supreme Court on Wednesday set October 18 as the deadline to conclude all arguments in the Ayodhya land dispute case and urged all parties to make joint efforts. The top court also said that if parties to the Ram-Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid land dispute case want to amicably resolve the matter through mediation, they can still go ahead with it.

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  If required, I will go and personally check: CJI Ranjan Gogoi on why people can't approach J&K HC

  India | September 16, 2019 13:03 IST

  "If required, I will go and personally check, I will speak to the Chief Justice today," said Gogoi, while replying to senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, who claimed that there are extreme difficulties in accessing the High Court under the alleged lockdown situation in the erstwhile state.

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  How does CBI do a good job in cases with no political overtones? asks CJI Ranjan Gogoi

  India | August 14, 2019 7:04 IST

  CJI Gogoi was speaking at an event organised by the CBI.

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  Something fundamentally wrong: CJI Ranjan Gogoi irked over non-listing of urgent cases

  India | July 25, 2019 17:57 IST

  Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi Thursday expressed displeasure over the functioning of the Supreme Court registry with regard to non-listing of cases for urgent hearing, saying that "there was something fundamentally wrong" about it.

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  Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi writes to PM Modi, seeks more Supreme Court judges

  India | June 23, 2019 6:58 IST

  Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has written three letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court. The CJI also sought in the raise of the retirement age of high court judges to 65 years.

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  CJI to be part of Vacation Bench, will hear ‘urgent matters’

  India | May 11, 2019 15:38 IST

  The top court has a vacation bench functioning every year during the summer holidays, but the Chief Justice of India never presides over it.

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  CJI sexual harassment case: 'Shocked' complainant seeks copy of probe report

  India | May 07, 2019 19:46 IST

  ​A woman who accused Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment on Tuesday asked the apex court's in-house probe committee for a copy of the report giving a clean chit to the CJI on all charges.