The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) today felicitated newly appointed Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi..The function held in Supreme Court lawns, was attended by Attorney General KK Venugopal, SCBA President Vikas Singh, and other Supreme Court judges..Interestingly, the SCBA President brought up the tough attitude of Justice Gogoi while hearing cases and urged the CJI to be more lenient towards the Bar, especially the junior lot..“Justice Gogoi, you’re known to be strict but the members of the Bar request that sometimes you will show leniency towards the Bar, especially the young members”, Singh said in his speech..Justice Gogoi responded by saying,.“I am a strict man, I am what I am, I cannot change.”.Justice Gogoi also clarified on his remark in open court today morning about stopping mentioning for the time being. He clarified that the Supreme Court judges were trying to devise a system which if it succeeds will make the system function better so that there won’t be any need to mention matters..“Vikas Singh said something about mentioning, what happened in the court in the morning. Let me tell you, me and my colleagues are trying to prepare a system which will function better. We are trying to reduce the time between filing and listing of cases. We are trying to introduce a system where cases don’t get dropped and if we succeed, perhaps a large section of mentioning will go away altogether, It’s not the Chief Justice who will drop mentioning but mentioning will die out automatically”, he said..Justice Gogoi also responded to the Attorney General’s call for increasing the retirement age and salaries of judges..He said that there won’t be any takers for the post of judges even if salary and retirement age are increased, unless the aura and dignity associated with the office of a judge are not maintained..“Learned AG mentioned about salaries of the judges and the age of retirement. But, give as much money as you want and raise the age to whatever you want but it won’t solve the issue. Till the aura and the dignity of the office is not maintained, there will be no takers”
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) today felicitated newly appointed Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi..The function held in Supreme Court lawns, was attended by Attorney General KK Venugopal, SCBA President Vikas Singh, and other Supreme Court judges..Interestingly, the SCBA President brought up the tough attitude of Justice Gogoi while hearing cases and urged the CJI to be more lenient towards the Bar, especially the junior lot..“Justice Gogoi, you’re known to be strict but the members of the Bar request that sometimes you will show leniency towards the Bar, especially the young members”, Singh said in his speech..Justice Gogoi responded by saying,.“I am a strict man, I am what I am, I cannot change.”.Justice Gogoi also clarified on his remark in open court today morning about stopping mentioning for the time being. He clarified that the Supreme Court judges were trying to devise a system which if it succeeds will make the system function better so that there won’t be any need to mention matters..“Vikas Singh said something about mentioning, what happened in the court in the morning. Let me tell you, me and my colleagues are trying to prepare a system which will function better. We are trying to reduce the time between filing and listing of cases. We are trying to introduce a system where cases don’t get dropped and if we succeed, perhaps a large section of mentioning will go away altogether, It’s not the Chief Justice who will drop mentioning but mentioning will die out automatically”, he said..Justice Gogoi also responded to the Attorney General’s call for increasing the retirement age and salaries of judges..He said that there won’t be any takers for the post of judges even if salary and retirement age are increased, unless the aura and dignity associated with the office of a judge are not maintained..“Learned AG mentioned about salaries of the judges and the age of retirement. But, give as much money as you want and raise the age to whatever you want but it won’t solve the issue. Till the aura and the dignity of the office is not maintained, there will be no takers”
