Rs 1 Cr Defamation Case Against Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi

New Delhi: Assam Public Works (APW) president Aabhijeet Sharma filed a Rs 1 crore defamation case and a petition seeking an injunction against Rajya Sabha MP and former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi at a local Court in Guwahati.

Sharma filed the defamation case against Gogoi and Rupa Publications, the publisher of his autobiography ‘Justice for a Judge’. Sharma alleged that the book contained misleading and defamatory statements against him.

He also filed a petition seeking an ad-interim injunction to stop Gogoi and his publisher from further publishing, distributing or selling any book which has defamatory statements against him.

The court in its ruling on Wednesday issued summons to both the petitioner and the defendants and posted the next date of hearing for June 3.

Gogoi served as the 46th chief justice of India from 2018 to 19.