Dipak Misra  

In a tenure spanning just over 13 months as the CJI, Ranjan Gogoi has passed as many as 47 judgements, and made some praiseworthy changes in the judiciary. However, he has not managed to escape criticism. Here’s a look at all these. 

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the petitions demanding a probe into the India-France Rafale deal by saying that the court is satisfied with the decision-making process between the governments of India and France

The Constitutional bench headed by then CJI Dipak Misra had in a landmark verdict in September allowed the entry of women of the menstruating age group in the Lord Ayyappa shrine. 

On September 27, another apex court bench, headed by then CJI Dipak Misra had refused to send to a larger bench the 1994 observation that a mosque is not an integral part of Islam. 

Justice Ranjan Gagoi was sworn as the Chief Justice of India on October 3, 2018. He is the first person from Northeast India to become the Chief Justice of India.

Chief Justice Gogoi is the first Chief Justice of India from the Northeast

A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra was unanimous in striking down Section 497 of IPC dealing with the offence of adultery, holding it manifestly arbitrary, archaic and violative of the rights to equality and equal opportunity to women