New Delhi: Outgoing Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi (CJI) sat on the bench for the last time Friday in court number 1 of the Supreme Court. Court number 1 of the apex court is the courtroom of the CJI.
Justice Gogoi sat in the bench with chief justice-designate SA Bobde for just four minutes, during which Supreme Court Bar Association president Rakesh Khanna expressed gratitude on behalf of the Bar to the chief justice. Justice Gogoi will demit office Sunday as the CJI.
An apex court official said Justice Gogoi would visit Raj Ghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi. He had also visited the Raj Ghat, October 3 last year after taking oath as the CJI.
Later in the day, Justice Gogoi will likely to have a video conference with 650 high court judges across the country and 15,000 judicial officers. He is likely to deliver his message to all the judges and judicial officers.
During his tenure, Justice Gogoi has been involved in a lot of landmark verdicts. Among them have been the Ayodhya land dispute case, the Rafale case and the Right to Information Act regarding the office of the CJI. In fact, a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice Gogoi gave its verdict in the Ayodhya case after 40 consecutive days of hearing.
PTI
