India gets new Chief Justice: Ranjan Gogoi

New Delhi, October 3: Justice Ranjan Gogoi sworn-in as Chief Justice of India today. President Ram Nath Kovind administered him the oath of office at a function in Rashtrapati Bhawan this morning. He will succeed Justice Dipak Misra who retired as Chief Justice of India on Tuesday. Justice Gogoi is the 46th Chief Justice of India. He will have tenure of a little over 13 months and will retire on November 17, 2019.

 

Born on November 18, 1954, Justice Gogoi was enrolled as an advocate in 1978. He practiced in the Gauhati high court on constitutional, taxation and company matters. He was appointed as a permanent judge of the Gauhati high court on February 28, 2001.

 

On September 9, 2010, he was transferred to the Punjab and Haryana high court. He was appointed as Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana high court on February 12, 2011, and then a judge of the Supreme Court on April 23, 2012.