NEW DELHI: Justice Ranjan Gogoi was on Thursday appointed as the 46th Chief Justice of India. He will take oath on October 3 after incumbent Chief Justice Dipak Misra retires. Justice Gogoi's tenure will last till November 2019. Chief Justice Dipak Misra had sent a letter to the Centre recommending Justice Gogoi as his successor. Following the principle of seniority, Chief Justice Misra picked Justice Gogoi, the senior-most judge of the top court after him.

CJI Misra is retiring on October 2. But as the day is a national holiday on account of Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, October 1 will be his last working day.

Five things to know about Justice Ranjan Gogoi

Justice Gogoi is one of the four Supreme Court judges who had held an unprecedented press conference in January this year, raising concerns about the administration in the apex court, saying it was "not in order".

Known to be a hard taskmaster, Justice Gogoi had initiated contempt proceedings against former Supreme Court judge Justice Markandeya Katju.

Justice Gogoi is from Assam and he headed the special bench that is monitoring the updation of the National Register of Citizens to identify citizens in that state.

Born in 1954, Justice Gogoi joined the Bar in 1978. He was appointed a Permanent Judge of the Gauhati High Court on February 28, 2001.

He was transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court in September 2010 and went on to become its Chief Justice in February 2011. He was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court in April 2012.