Ranjan Gogoi has been sworn-in as the 46th Chief Justice of India by President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cabinet ministers and former PM Manmohan Singh were present for the oath-taking ceremony.
Justice Gogoi became a permanent judge of Gauhati high court on February 28, 2001, and took oath as an SC judge on April 23, 2012.
Despite their long career as HC and SC judges, their personal wealth remained very less, and they would be considered as poor people when compared to successful senior advocates. Their lifelong savings in bank balance and other assets put together would fall short of the daily earnings of many senior advocates, who command astronomical fees.
The newly elected CJI does not own a single piece of gold jewellery while the only jewellery his wife owns is what she got from her parents, relatives and friends at the time of her marriage. CJI Misra has two gold rings, which he wears, and a gold chain. His wife has almost the similar amount of jewellery as Justice Gogoi’s spouse has.
Both the Ranjan Gogoi and the Deepak Mishra does not have any personal vehicle, as they were provided with official cars for the last nearly two decades. Justice Misra had taken Rs 22.5 lakh loan from a bank to purchase a flat in the advocates’ cooperative society in Mayur Vihar, Delhi, while CJI Ranjan Gogoi has no house.
AG Venugopal, while speaking at CJI Misra’s farewell function said, “Compared to their assets, a successful senior advocate in the SC earns more than Rs 50 lakh a day, probably had the Rs 1 lakh per month salary of an SC judge in mind.”
The newly elected CJI, Justice Ranjan Gogoi praises outgoing CJI Dipak Misra Of course, the judges get good perks, allowances and help at the residence. But in money terms, judges are far disadvantaged compared to senior advocates.
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