Supreme Court Judge Gogoi, next in line to be Chief Justice of India

The senior judge has put 'discharging a debt to the nation' above the prospect of being next in line as Chief Justice of India

Among the four senior-most Supreme Court judges who were seen rebelling against the Chief Justice of India at the press conference last Friday, the presence of Justice Ranjan Gogoi had a special significance. In the normal course, Gogoi would be elevated to the post of the Chief Justice when the present incumbent, Dipak Misra, retires in October. The irony of this is that Misra, against whom Gogoi registered his protest, has to recommend him to the government for his elevation to the highest judicial post in the country. That is the revered convention, though it had been broken twice by Indira