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President appoints Justice Ranjan Gogoi as next Chief Justice of India
President of India Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Justice Ranjan Gogoi as next Chief Justice of India as per Article 124 of the Constitution. He will assume office of Chief Justice on 3rd October, 2018 after retirement of incumbent Chief ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2018
Justice Ranjan Gogoi expected to become 46th Chief Justice of India (CJI)
Justice Ranjan Gogoi, the son of former Assam chief minister Keshab Chandra Gogoi, will become the 46th Chief Justice of India (CJI), after the current CJI Dipak Misra retires on October 2. He will have tenure of 13 months – ..
Ranjan Gogoi will become 46th Chief Justice of India
Justice Ranjan Gogoi will be become 46th Chief Justice of India succeeding incumbent Dipak Misra. His name was recommended incumbent CJI Dipak Misra by following convention of recommending next senior most Supreme Court judge. With this, Justice Ranjan Gogoi will ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2018
Supreme Court once again upholds Chief Justice of India as Master of Roster
The Supreme Court in latest ruling once again has upheld Chief Justice of India (CJI) as ‘Master of Roster’. According to ruling given by SC bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, CJI is an individual judge and not ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2018
Indu Malhotra becomes first woman lawyer to be directly promoted as a judge of Supreme Court
Indu Malhotra, a renowned arbitration expert, has become the first woman lawyer to be directly promoted as a judge of the Supreme Court (SC). She took oath of office and secrecy as Supreme Court judge in New Delhi on April ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
CJI first among equals, power to allocate work: SC
The Supreme Court has reiterated that Chief Justice of India (CJI) is first among equals and has exclusive prerogative to allocate cases and constitute benches. The ruling was given by SC bench led by the CJI Dipak Misra dismissing PIL ..