Ranjan Gogoi Biography 
Justice Ranjan Gogoi is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is in line to become the Chief Justice of India in October 2018, succeeding Justice Dipak Misra, as the senior most judge of the Court.
Mr. Justice Ranjan Gogoi was born on 18.11.1954 in Guwahati. His father Keshab Chandra Gogoi was a former Chief Minister of Assam. Ranjan Gogoi joined the Bar in 1978. Mr Ranjan Gogoi practised mainly in the Guwahati High Court. He was later appointed as Permanent Judge of Guwahati High Court on 28th February, 2001.
Mr. Gogoi was transferred to Punjab & Haryana High Court on 9th September, 2010. He was later appointed as Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court on 12th February, 2011. Finally he was promoted as Judge of the Supreme Court on 23rd April, 2012.
He is the first Supreme Court judge who recently fined a petitioner Rs five hundred thousand for withdrawing his petition after it came for hearing in front of the honorable court. MR Justice Gogoi was annoyed because he thought that the petitioner has wasted the precious time of court in reading the eight hundred pages and when it appeared for hearing the petitioner has withdrawn it.
Mr. Gogoi is also associated with the famous judgment that forbade politicians from inserting their photos in government advertisements. He has also disapproved the bar council for typographic mistakes and everyone knows about his reaction in DLF case in his court which was registered out of the turn.
Currently Justice Ranjan Gogoi is a judge of the Supreme Court of India and he is in line to become the first Chief Justice of India in October 2018, from north east succeeding Justice Dipak Misra, as the seniormost judge of the Court. He will be the first judge from India's North East to hold that post.
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 Judge of the Supreme Court on 23 April 2012 and will have tenure of over seven years there.
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Updated: September 06, 2017
