Defamation case against former CJI Ranjan Gogoi for writing objectionable things on NRC in his autobiography

Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi: A defamation case has been filed against former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi by a social activist and an office-bearer of an NGO based in Assam. It has been claimed in the case that some wrong things have been said in his autobiography in the context of the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Abhijit Sharma has filed a case against former Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. Petitioner Abhijit Sharma has filed a Rs 1 crore defamation suit against Gogoi in the Kamrup (Metro) District and Civil Judge’s Court in Guwahati. Along with this, he has also demanded a ban on the former CJI’s autobiography ‘Justice for the Judge’. Sharma, president of the NGO Assam Public Works, has been vocal on various issues related to the NRC in the state.

Next hearing will be on June 3
Abhijeet Sharma had earlier filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court to update the 1951 NRC in Assam. Also, during the pendency of the case, the process of NRC in Assam was started in 2015 under the supervision of the High Court. Sharma told the court in his petition that after retirement, the former CJI wrote some wrong things regarding the removal of NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela and his transfer to Madhya Pradesh. Also are of defamatory nature. The next hearing of the case will be on June 3.

According to the information, many things are mentioned in the autobiography of Ranjan Gogoi. Gogoi also referred to the party that took place after the bench’s historic verdict on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case. He wrote in his autobiography that after the historic verdict on Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid on November 9, 2019, I had taken other judges of that bench to Hotel Taj Mansingh for dinner.

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