Ranjan Gogoi

"All we would ask is that those who criticize us will remember that, from the nature of our office, we cannot reply to their criticisms. We cannot enter into public controversy. Still less into political controversy. We must rely on our conduct itself to be its own vindication."

"To me it is a matter of great concern that a significant number of people deserving our reach are not even aware of our existence."

"Economic prosperity in the absence of social justice is discordant with the constitutional vision and the ethos of this nation."

"Its a discharge of debt to the nation which we have done."

"What assurance? Court gives only orders."

"Most of the people who studied court and law are oblivious of the experiences of the ordinary people who undertake the journey to get justice from the court. The judges are called on to decide their fate are witnesses to their fate and grit. Task of a judge, to my mind, therefore, is to sit with text of law in context of life."

"I will continue to act without fear and decide whatever cases I have to decide. Nobody can stop me."

"If I have a happy lot of people in this country, my problem of litigation will be over."

"Absence of legal awareness is a root cause of deception, exploitation and deprivation of rights and benefits of the masses. Legal literacy and legal awareness go hand in hand."

"Legal literacy and legal awareness go hand in hand. Legal aid movement can not achieve its goal as long as people are not aware of their basic rights. Greater awareness translates into greater and broadens access. Legal education is limited to universities, training, future lawyers. Education of legal issues should be included in school and college curriculum. It should go beyond rudimentary awareness."

"Efforts must be made to secure concerted engagement of young minds in understanding and utilising that knowledge for the benefit of the society. Not only law colleges but the students of schools and colleges must be included in the outreach programme. Students and young persons have the potential to become the ambassadors of justice."

"Judiciary is not over-sensitive to criticism; in fact, bona fide criticism is welcome, perhaps, because it opens the doors to self- introspection. Judges are not infallible; they are humans and they often err, though, inadvertently and because of their individual perceptions."