Letter to BS: Much will depend on how soon govt utilises Gogoi's experience

All the controversial cases were decided by a bench and not the CJI alone, and were mostly unanimous.

The editorial “Judicial independence” (March 17) can be seen from two perspectives. Did former chief justice of India (CJI), Ranjan Gogoi, deserve to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President? The edit supports it on the basis of suitability but links it with two (quoted therein) verdicts (and perhaps others like Assam NRC, Sabarimala) in favour of the government and sees the nomination, by implication, as a reward for it. In other words, it warns the judiciary to refrain from taking pro-government verdicts if they are perceived as favouring “majoritarian instincts of any sorts” and advises that it