VakashaSJustice Gogoi looked like he'd stand up to govt interference in the judiciary, reform the Supreme Court, ensure cases were assigned properly.
Chief Justice Gogoi's tenure will be remembered for entirely different reasons.
2talkonLet's be clear, his record before becoming CJI didn't indicate he'd be some champion of civil liberties (*cough* NRC *cough*).
But even his fiercest critics from back then wouldn't have predicted this. As a certain judge of the court is wont to say, "Not like this."