Justice Ranjan Gogoi has been sworn in as the 46th Chief Justice of India (CJI). He succeeds Justice Dipak Misra.

Retired Supreme Court judge N. Santosh Hegde advised the newly appointed Chief Justice of India to bring in more transparency in judicial proceedings and promote solidarity between judges to avoid any “misunderstanding”.

“Also, he should give an impression to the public that judges are one when it comes to justice,” the former Solicitor General of India told PTI.

Justice Gogoi was among the four senior-most judges who had in January criticised the then Chief Justice Dipak Misra, especially the manner of allocation of cases to certain benches.

Hegde said Justice Gogoi’s primary responsibility would now be to reduce the huge pendency of cases in courts, and he was glad the new Chief Justice of India had already spoken on the issue.

Justice Gogoi said last week that he had a plan to deal with pendency of cases which has been bringing in a lot of ”disrepute” to the judicial system.

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Source: PTI