1. Kiran Varma - Indianlawinfo
All about Justice Gogoi
By Kiran Varma - Indianlawinfo
2. Kiran Varma - Indianlawinfo
Table of Contents
1. About
2. Carrier
3. Judgments and Orders Of Ranjan Gogoi
4. Recent Activities
5. References
3. Kiran Varma - Indianlawinfo
1. About
Justice Ranjan Gogoi (b. 18 November 1954) is a judge of
the Supreme Court of India since April, 2012. Prior to his
present post, he was the Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana
High Court. His father Keshab Chandra Gogoi was a Chief
minister under the Indian National Congress regime in the
state of Assam in the year 1982.
4. Kiran Varma - Indianlawinfo
2. Carrier
● Justice Gogoi was enrolled at the Bar in 1978 and
practised at the Gauhati High Court of which he was
made a Permanent Judge on 28 February 2001.
● He was transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court
on 9 September 2010 and became its Chief Justice on 12
February 2011.
● He was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court on 23
April 2012.
5. Kiran Varma - Indianlawinfo
3. Judgments and Orders Of Ranjan Gogoi
● Dismissal of appeal by Reliance Communication
● On Coconut Oil Packaging
● On Arbitration
● On Re-assessment of Income of Amitabh Bacchan for the
year 2002-03
● Dismissal of advocate Kamini Jaiswal’s petition seeking a
Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe
● On Govindaswamy vs State Of Kerala
6. Kiran Varma - Indianlawinfo
4. Recent Activities
12 January 2018, Justices Ranjan Gogoi along with Justices J Chelameswar, M B
Lokur, and Kurian Joseph of the Supreme Court of India, for the first time in the
history of the Supreme Court, held a press conference, alleging problems plaguing
the Supreme Court, failure in the justice delivery system and allocation of cases.