"I Go When I Feel Like": Justice Gogoi On Rajya Sabha Attendance

Former Chief Justice of India and Rajya Sabha MP Justice Ranjan Gogoi said he is a nominated member and not governed by any party whip.

In his just-published memoir, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, former Chief Justice of India, defended his decision to join the Rajya Sabha 4 months after retiring from the Supreme Court, a move that had come in for widespread criticism. 

He said when he was offered the position, he accepted it without hesitation, since he wanted to raise issues pertaining to the judiciary and the North East region, to which he belongs. 

But Parliament records show Justice Gogoi has an attendance of less than 10 per cent in the Rajya Sabha since he became a member last year. 

In an interview to NDTV, he cited the pandemic as one of the reasons for his poor attendance.