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PIL Filed In SC Challenging Nomination Of Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi To Rajya Sabha

Lawstreet Journal 19 Mar 2020 4:33am

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On March 18, 2020, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed by Madhu Purnima Kishwar(professor at the Indian Council of Social Science Research) in the Supreme Court challenging the nomination of former CJI Ranjan Gogoi as a member of the Rajya Sabha.

The 20-page petition has been filed in independent capacity and has not been drawn or filed through any advocate.

The strength of judiciary lies in the faith citizens of this country have in it, the petition states. It adds that any act which creates any adverse impression on the independence of judiciary like the present one, wherein former CJI has been nominated to Rajya Sabha, amounts to an assault on the independence of judiciary.

The PIL states that “… his (Gogoi's) nomination as a Rajya Sabha member by the President of India gives it the colour of a political appointment and therefore casts a shadow of doubt on the credibility of the judgments delivered under his headship of the Supreme Court.” 

It is further added that, “Justice (Retd.) Ranjan Gogoi’s acceptance of RS nomination is all the more befuddling since he himself pronounced that there is a valid “strong viewpoint” that “post retirement appointment is itself a scar on judicial independence of the judiciary”.

Further, the petitioner has submitted the controversial appointment has led certain sections fodder to cast aspersions on the independence of the judiciary. 

In this regard, the petition states,“It has given a handle to the external enemies of India as well as Break Up India Forces within the country to… Continue Reading...


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