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The CJI has the authority to constitute the benches but under constitutional system every power is coupled with certain responsibilities. The power is required to be exercised not because it exists but for the purpose of achieving public good. You dont exercise the power merely because you have it, the apex court judge said. (Photo: File)

What we said earlier will be proved if Justice Gogoi is not made CJI:...

Justice Chelameswar, the senior-most judge after the CJI, said the January 12 press conference was the result of...

8 April 2018 11:28 AM IST

Justice Chelameswar, in his letter written on March 21, cautioned that the bonhomie between the judiciary and the government in any state sounds the death knell to democracy. (Photo: AP/File)

CJI must use power for public good, not merely because he has it: SC...

Justice Chelameswar said that the CJI has the authority to constitute benches but every power is coupled with certain...

8 April 2018 7:24 AM IST

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SC reiterates CJI's authority on assigning cases to judges

The CJI, being the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, is the spokesperson and leader of judiciary.

7 July 2018 12:48 AM IST

Official Sources told PTI that Justice Gogoi wrote a letter to the Ministry of Law and Justice recommending Justice Bobde to be the next chief justice. (Photo: File)

Not secrecy but privacy: Justice Bobde not in favour of disclosing...

Justice Bobde will become the 47th CJI on November 18 succeeding Justice Ranjan Gogoi.

30 Oct 2019 9:32 PM IST

Justice S A Bobde was on Tuesday appointed as the Chief Justice of India by President Ram Nath Kovind. (Photo: File)

Justice S A Bobde appointed as next Chief Justice of India by...

Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde will take oath as CJI on November 18.

29 Oct 2019 10:49 AM IST

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi addresses the inaugural function of Constitution Day celebrations, in New Delhi, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. (Photo: PTI)

'Tomorrow is 40th and last day of hearing in Ayodhya case,' says CJI

The judgment is likely to be passed on November 4-5.

15 Oct 2019 2:05 PM IST

Gogoi said that over the past 40 years as lawyer and judge, it was his privilege to watch the majesty of law from close quarters. (Photo: File)

A part of me will always remain with SC: Outgoing CJI Ranjan Gogoi

On his last working day, Gogoi visited the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat and paid respects.

15 Nov 2019 7:42 PM IST

Justice Gogoi, however, declined to comment on the verdict at the programme. (Photo: File)

Outgoing CJI Ranjan Gogoi's final 4 minutes in court number 1

Court number 1 of the apex court is the courtroom of the Chief Justice of India.

15 Nov 2019 6:45 PM IST

the Supreme Court handed over the disputed land to the Ram Temple trust in the politically-sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case in Ayodhya. (Photo: AP)

Here is the full text of Supreme Court's historic verdict on Ayodhya

The top court also directed the Centre to allot a 5-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for a mosque at a 'prominent' site...

9 Nov 2019 3:28 PM IST

Days after his arrest on September 20, Chinmayanand was admitted to the government hospital after his health deteriorated. (Photo: File | PTI)

Chinmayanand case: UP law student's mother alleges torture by...

The family has named SIT chief Naveen Arora and a few other officials in the letter, Hindustan Times reported.

7 Nov 2019 3:22 PM IST

N. Santosh Hegde

CJI hearing own case is 'legally, morally' wrong: Ex-SC judge Santosh...

'CJI presided over the bench and has nowhere in records put that he is part of the bench...What's the meaning of this?'...

23 April 2019 5:39 PM IST

The Supreme Court also referred to the National Crime Records Bureau Data stating every six hour a woman is raped in the country. (Photo: File | ANI)

No relief from arrest to BSP MP Atul Rai: SC

Previously, the apex court had refused to grant interim protection from arrest to Rai.

27 May 2019 11:40 AM IST