In Pictures: With Rajghat visit & tea party, Ranjan Gogoi wraps up tenure as CJI

Justices SA Bobde, R Bhanumathi, Indu Malhotra and DY Chandrachud attended the farewell ceremony of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, who retires Sunday.

Justice Bobde speaks to CJI Gogoi during the Chief Justice's farewell ceremony at Supreme Court | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

New Delhi: Ranjan Gogoi, India’s 46th Chief Justice of India (CJI), served his last working day Friday. Gogoi, the first CJI from the northeast, had taken oath on 3 October 2018.

Over his 13-month tenure, he handled several big-ticket cases, including the Ram Janmabhoomi matter and triple talaq. Gogoi, who turns 65 Sunday, also headed the bench that brought the office of the CJI under the Right to Information Act.

Here are some glimpses from Gogoi’s last working day, as captured by ThePrint’s Praveen Jain and Suraj Singh Bisht.

Outgoing CJI Ranjan Gogoi arrives at Rajghat with wife Rupanjali Gogoi Friday | Photo: Suraj SIngh Bisht | ThePrint

CJI Gogoi with wife Rupanjali Gogoi at Rajghat | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

Justice Gogoi and Rupanjali pay homage at Mahatma Gandhi’s samadhi | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

CJI Ranjan Gogoi writes in the visitors’ book at Rajghat | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

Justice Gogoi arrives for his farewell get-together at the Supreme Court | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Justice S.A. Bobde, who takes over as CJI Monday, waves at photographers outside the Supreme Court | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

The present and the future: Justice Gogoi with his successor, Justice S.A. Bobde, at his farewell in Supreme Court | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Supreme Court Judges Vineet Saran (L), Sanjiv Khanna (C) and Uday Umesh Lalit (R) in conversation | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Supreme Court judges Rohinton Fali Nariman and Indira Banerjee at Gogoi’s farewell | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Justices Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud (L), R. Banumathi (C) and Indu Malhotra (R) at the ceremony, which was held in the Supreme Court lawns | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint