CJI Misra names Gogoi as successor

CJI Misra names Gogoi as successor

News:

1. CJI Dipak Misra recommended Justice Ranjan Gogoi as his successor to the office.

Important Facts:

2. Ranjan Gogoi will be the 46th Chief Justice of India.

3. He will be the first from Assam and north-east to hold this office.

4. Justice Gogoi was one of the four SC judges who highlighted the selective allotment of sensitive cases to different benches in apex court.

5. He came under criticism widely for his conduct in media along with other judges who held press conference

6. But CJI’s recommendation ended all speculations that he may be superseded.

7. However, Justice Gogoi had earlier suggested to set up a committee to resolve the differences.

8. This should be operationalized soon during his tenure, to maintain the highest judicial standards.

9. Selection of CJI:

• The sitting Chief Justice names the senior most judge as his successor.
• After the receipt of recommendation, the law ministry puts the proposal before government for approval. This is a well-established convention that has little distortion in history which is evident from following instances:

10. Justice AN Ray name was cleared for the CJI post superseding 3 other judges in 1973.

11. In 1997, Justice M H Beg was chosen ahead of Justice H R Khanna.