Don’t Need Fixed Tenure For CJIs, But A Consistent Judicial Policy: Justice Ranjan Gogoi

The senior-most puisne judge in the Supreme Court, Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Saturday rejected the suggestion for a fixed tenure for the Chief Justice of India, and asserted that instead, India needs a consistent judicial policy.Justice Gogoi’s reaction came as a response to the suggestion of a fixed tenure for the CJIs by Prof. N.R. The senior-most puisne judge in the Supreme Court, Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Saturday rejected the suggestion for a fixed tenure for the Chief Justice of India, and asserted that instead, India needs a consistent judicial policy. Justice Gogoi’s reaction came as a response to the suggestion of a fixed tenure for the CJIs by Prof. N.R. While Prof. Menon cited the fixed tenures of the Cabinet Secretary, service and police chiefs to emphasise on the need for a similar fixed tenure for the CJI, Justice Gogoi asserted, "Problem does not lie with the short tenure.