New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: Former Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi, who was nominated for the Rajya Sabha by President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday, today said that he would speak in detail why he accepted the offer of a seat in the upper house of the Parliament, Rajya Sabha after he takes the oath.
Ranjan Gogoi, as reported by news agency PTI said, "I will go to Delhi probably tomorrow. Let me first take the oath, then I will speak in detail to the media why I accepted this and why I am going to Rajya Sabha," he said.
In a gazette notification on Monday, President Ram Nath Kovind nominated Gogoi to the Council of States to fill the vacancy caused due to the retirement of one of the nominated members.
There have been debates in the political circles and other quarters on the nomination of Gogoi, who had retired in November last year as the Chief Justice of India (CJI) after serving for about 13 months.
On the criticism of his RS nomination, Gogoi told a local news television channel, "I have accepted the offer of the nomination to the Rajya Sabha because of a strong conviction that the legislature and judiciary must at some point of time work together for nation-building.
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"My presence in parliament will be an opportunity to project the views of the judiciary before the legislature and vice versa," he was quoted by PTI as saying.
"Let God give me the strength to have an independent voice in the parliament", the former CJI said, adding, "I have much to say, but let me take the oath in the parliament and then I shall open up".
Justice Gogoi was among the apex court's four sitting judges who held an unprecedented press conference in January 2018 when they claimed then Chief Justice Dipak Misra had allotted "selective assignment of cases to preferred judges" and "sensitive cases were being allotted to junior judges".
(With PTI Inputs)