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Ranjan Gogoi Quotes

born 1954 India

Ranjan Gogoi (born 18 November 1954) is an Indian retired jurist and advocate who served as the 46th Chief Justice of India from 2018 to 2019. He is currently a Member of the Rajya Sabha, having been nominated by President Ram Nath Kovind on 16 March 2020.

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Judicial activism is not the same as judicial overreach. The former is a peacemaker; the latter is a trespasser.

Mr Vikas Singh said I am a strict man. I am what I am. I can't change.

What we need to strive for is a changed world view that abides by Constitutionalism.

Economic prosperity in the absence of social justice is discordant with the constitutional vision and the ethos of this nation.

The doctrine of basic structure has a very debatable jurisprudential basis.

The judiciary today is not a poor workman who blames his tools, but it is a workman with no tools.

If I have a happy lot of people in this country, my problem of litigation will be over.

It's a discharge of debt to the nation which we have done.

I will continue to act without fear and decide whatever cases I have to decide. Nobody can stop me.

My presence in Parliament will be an opportunity to project the views of the Judiciary before the legislature and vice versa.

What assurance? Court gives only orders.

Wherever there is doubt and conflict we must allow constitutional morality to prevail. This is true patriotism to the Constitution.

It is in our best interest to heed the advice of the constitution. If we do not, our hubris will result in sharp descent into chaos.

I for one always considered the challenges of the job and the hardships of life to be stimulating and intoxicating making the grit and determination stronger

To me it is a matter of great concern that a significant number of people deserving our reach are not even aware of our existence.

Right to legal aid means the right to quality legal aid. Commitment to quality must be there in the whole organisation.

Absence of legal awareness is a root cause of deception, exploitation and deprivation of rights and benefits of the masses. Legal literacy and legal awareness go hand in hand.

Who goes to the court? You go to the court and regret. If you go to the court, you would be washing dirty linen in the court. You will not get a verdict […] You want a 5 trillion dollar economy but you have a ramshackled judiciary.

I think the time has come for the right-thinking majority to speak up. They can no longer enjoy the comfort of the non-confrontationist approach, staying clear of issues and being content that they have been spared the unfortunate. For, if unchecked, tomorrow the monster may devour them too.

Justice for the Judge (2021)

Expression of views - now on social media - is a critical part of healthy democracy, so long as it does not cross the Lakshman Rekha of public order and morality

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ranjan Gogoi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.