"I will continue to act without fear and decide whatever cases I have to decide. Nobody can stop me."
Ranjan Gogoi is an Indian jurist and advocate who served as the 46th Chief Justice of India from 2018 to 2019 and as a Member of the Rajya Sabha from 2020 to 2026. He previously served as a judge of the Supreme Court of India from 2012 to 2018. Gogoi was a judge of the Gauhati High Court from 2001 to 2010, and of the Punjab and Haryana High Court from September 2010 to February 2011 where he later
"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."
Ranjan Gogoi"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."
Ranjan Gogoi"Economic prosperity in the absence of social justice is discordant with the constitutional vision and the ethos of this nation."
Ranjan Gogoi"Its a discharge of debt to the nation which we have done."
Ranjan Gogoi"What assurance? Court gives only orders."
Ranjan Gogoi"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."
Ranjan Gogoi