Guwahati: Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar conferred an honorary doctor of law degree on former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi at the 70th convocation event of Panjab University in Chandigarh on Saturday.
Gogoi is one of four individuals who received the honorary degree after receiving final clearance from the PU senate. Along with the former CJI, additional recipients include Dr. Gagandeep Kang, Dr. Sudha N. Murthy, chair of the Infosys Foundation, and former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan, who will also receive a doctor of laws degree.
The Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case was decided by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.
Meanwhile, addressing the annual convocation at PU, the vice president said, “It will be the young generation who will take the country forward when many of the older generations won’t be there. You must feel proud to be Indian and Panjab University has the capacity to be one of the best universities in India.”
Speaking about Ranjan Gogoi, Dhankhar recalled how he had appeared before the former as a senior advocate and thought of him as a no-nonsense judge. He further said that at present it is the other way round when he sits as the chairman of Rajya Sabha of which Gogoi is a member, adding “That’s something I take great pride in.”