Unprecedented judges’ press conference was ‘spur of the moment’ decision: Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi

In his autobiography “Justice for the Judge”, Justice Ranjan Gogoi reveals that the judges’ press conference about the functioning of the Supreme Court in 2018 was a "spur of the moment" decision.

On the morning of January 12, 2018, Justice Ranjan Gogoi with three colleagues -- Justice Jasti Chelameswar, Justice Madan Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph -- for the first time in history, held a press conference to address the press on matters pertaining to the Supreme Court functioning and then Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra.

The judges said that the press conference was triggered due to the allocation of the PIL on the death of Judge Loya before a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra by the then CJI who was the “master of the roster”.