Justice Ranjan Gogoi sworn in as the Chief Justice of India

Justice Ranjan Gogoi was on Wednesday, October 3, sworn in as the 46th Chief Justice of India. He succeeds Justice Dipak Misra.

President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath to the 63-year-old Justice Gogoi at a brief ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan's Darbar Hall.

Justice Gogoi will have a tenure of a little over 13 months and would retire on November 17, 2019.

Justice Ranjan Gogoi began his career as a Permanent Judge of the Gauhati High Court in February 2001. He was then transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2010 and was appointed as the Chief Justice there in 2011. He came to the Supreme Court as a judge on April 23, 2012.

With inputs from NH Web Desk