'I have reasons to believe that Misra used strong-arm tactics i.e. threatening to resign if Justice Joseph was not appointed,' Gogoi writes in his autobiography
Interestingly, CJI Ranjan Gogoi headed the bench of Supreme Court that ordered the transfer of ASNRC coordinator Prateek Hajela to Madhya Pradesh after the conclusion of the chaotic exercise on 31 August
CJI Ranjan Gogoi has marked the hearing and the time thereafter with comments made in a lighter vein while dealing with the various parties to the Ayodhya land title dispute
After bombarding Parasaran with questions, CJI Gogoi asked Rajeev Dhavan, a lawyer of the Muslim side, whether the bench had asked the Hindu side enough questions
Know the time allotted to advocates on the Hindu side — Sushil Jain, Ranjit Kumar and PS Narasimha — in the Ayodhya case to respond to the arguments of the Muslim side
After advocate for Ram Lalla Virajman CS Vaidyanathan asked the Muslim side to make up its mind whether Babur built a mosque on a razed idgah or flat ground, Rajiv Dhavan's answer irritated CJI Ranjan Gogoi
Justices Bobde and Chandrachud noted that the Allahabad HC had rubbished a historians' perspective as 'perfunctory' even as CJI Gogoi urged all sides to help complete the hearing by 18 October