Unreserved Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi served his farewell speech before his retirement on Sunday
NEW DELHI| On Friday Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi while serving his farewell speech told judges across the country to ‘Deal with new challenges’ that ‘arise from within and outside’ the court.
Ranjan Gogoi, last week gave a historic verdict on the decades-old Ayodhya temple-mosque dispute, addressed the high court and trial court judges in a video conference served as a farewell speech before he retires on Sunday. After Gogoi SA Bobde will take over as Chief Justice of India recommended by Gogoi himself.
While addressing Gogoi said, “As an Institution, we have tried to deliver much more than what is reasonably possible, yet, today each of us is required to deal with new challenges, which unfortunately arise from within and outside of our court complexes and our judicial processes”.
He also added, “Within our court complexes, there is an increasing indifference to the decorum and discipline that were always the hallmark of our institution. Sadly, such indifference lies more among some of the stakeholders who are part of the justice delivery infrastructure, yet are completely indifferent to its health and progress”.
“The indifference of such stakeholders to the dignity of our institution has reached new lows in the recent past, as rank hooliganism and intimidatory behaviour has become the order of the day in some pockets of our court system. This has to be acknowledged so that its vicious designs are defeated and the glory of our institution stands uncompromised,” Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said in his video speech.
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The unreserved Supreme Court Chief Justice’s message on keeping guard against “rank hooliganism” comes following the incident happened a week after clashes broke out between policemen and lawyers at a court in Delhi over parking space.
“I would say that the time has come that the high courts shake off the sense of any inertia and play an active part as the true guardian of all court complexes under their jurisdiction as well as of the judicial process, besides safeguarding the well-being of our judges and the magistrates there,” Chief Justice Gogoi said.
Chief Justice Gogoi took oath as the 46th Chief Justice of India on October 3, 2018, succeeding former Chief Justice Dipak Misra. He is the first person from the northeast to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. His tenure will end on 17 November, Sunday.
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