New Delhi Mar 17 : Taking a swipe at the government for the nomination of former CJI Gogoi to the Upper House in Parliament, senior Congress leader compared former CJI Gogoi to former justice HR Khanna in a subtle tweet. President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday nominated former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha.
Gogoi served as the 46th Chief Justice of India from 3 October, 2018, to 17 November, 2019. On 9 November, 2019, the five-judge bench headed by him had delivered the verdict in the long-pending Ayodhya dispute case. He also headed a Supreme Court bench which monitored the National Register of Citizens (NRC) process in Assam.
On 12 January, 2018, Justice Gogoi — along with Justices J Chelameswar, MB Lokur and Kurian Joseph — had called a press conference and said the situation in the top court was “not in order” and many “less than desirable” things had taken place.
Unless this institution is preserved, “democracy will not survive in this country,” the four judges had said.
A day later, Gogoi had said that “there is no crisis” in the Supreme Court.
(PTI)
