Newsletter on Indian and International Legal Affairs An initiative of RMN Foundation humanitarian organization VOL. I | ISSUE 2 | October 2018
Legal Directions Law Simplified By Rakesh Raman
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Ranjan Gogoi Inherits Stained Legacy at Supreme Court of India The President of India has appointed Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the Chief Justice of India. He assumed the office on October 3, 2018 after the retirement of Justice Dipak Misra. Gogoi – who has become the 46th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India – has a mammoth task at hand to clean the image of Indian judiciary which was sullied during Misra’s tenure. In April, 64 Rajya Sabha MPs of different political parties had submitted a notice to remove Misra from his position on 5 charges of misconduct. The step was taken after the controversial decision on judge B. H. Loya’s death delivered by the Supreme Court. There have also been internal rumblings resulting in open discord amongst judges in the Supreme Court. This was manifested when four senior-most judges held a press conference on January 12, 2018 where they publicly expressed their disquiet about the manner in which the Chief Justice Misra was exercising his powers. Gogoi was among the four dissenters.