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Ranjan Gogoi

1954 - Today

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Ranjan Gogoi (born 18 November 1954) is an Indian former advocate and judge who served as the 46th Chief Justice of India from 2018 to 2019, having previously served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India from 2012 to 2018. He is currently a Member of the Rajya Sabha, having been nominated by President Ram Nath Kovind on 16 March 2020. Gogoi served as a judge in the Gauhati High Court from 2001 to 2010, and then was transferred as a judge to the Punjab and Haryana High Court from 2010 to 2011 where he later was the Chief Justice from 2011 to 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ranjan Gogoi has received more than 2,376,713 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ranjan Gogoi is the 49th most popular judge (down from 45th in 2019), the 1,064th most popular biography from India (down from 864th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Judge.

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Among JUDGES

Among judges, Ranjan Gogoi ranks 49 out of 53Before him are Ketanji Brown Jackson, Harry Blackmun, Neil Gorsuch, Michael Mukasey, George Henry Williams, and Potter Stewart. After him are Nii Amaa Ollennu, Nasirul Mulk, Sylvia Steiner, Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar, Thomas Hoeren, and Patrick Keane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Ranjan Gogoi ranks 677Before him are Mallika Sarabhai, Vladimir Bigorra, Blanka Paulů, Gabriel Costa, Carlos Girón, and Paul McNamee. After him are Vladimir Smirnov, Jerry Moran, Jónína Leósdóttir, Christine Scheiblich, Alvan Adams, and Theresa Saldana.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ranjan Gogoi ranks 1,064 out of 1,861Before him are Tinnu Anand (1945), Rajiv Kapoor (1962), Vikram Batra (1974), Pooja Bhatt (1972), Sohail Khan (1970), and Basu Chatterjee (1930). After him are Akhilesh Yadav (1973), Reshma (1947), Arjun Rampal (1972), Philip Herbert Cowell (1870), Poonam Dhillon (1962), and Nasir-ud-Daulah (1794).

Among JUDGES In India

Among judges born in India, Ranjan Gogoi ranks 4Before him are Fathima Beevi (1927), Anna Chandy (1905), and Leila Seth (1930).