Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, who retires on November17, is expected to deliver verdicts in several key matters, including the RamJanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute and petitions seeking review of theRafale judgement, in the next eight working days of the Supreme Court.

Besides, the apex court bench headed by Justice Gogoi will pronounce its verdict on a plea seeking criminal contempt proceedings againstCongress leader Rahul Gandhi for wrongly attributing to the apex court his"chowkidar chor hai" remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice Gogoi will also pronounce itsjudgement on the pleas seeking review of the top court's judgement allowingwomen of all ages to enter the Sabarimala temple in Kerala.

Another five-judge constitution bench, headed by the CJI,had reserved its verdict in the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-BabriMasjid title dispute after a marathon hearing of 40 days.At present, the apexcourt is on Diwali break and will re-open on November 4.

Thereafter, the court would observe holidays on November 11and 12, leaving only eight working days before Justice Gogoi demits office asthe CJI on November 17.On April 4, a five-judge Constitution bench headed byJustice Gogoi had reserved its verdict on three appeals filed in 2010 by theSecretary General of the Supreme Court and its Central Public Informationofficer against the Delhi High Court order that the CJI's office falls underthe ambit of the Right to Information Act.

In the land dispute case of Ayodhya, the top court hadreserved its judgement on October 16. Fourteen appeals have been filed in theapex court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment, delivered in four civilsuits, that the 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya be partitioned equally among threeparties -- the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.

In the Rafale case, the top court would decide the pleas,including the one filed by former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and ArunShourie and activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan, seeking review of its December 14last year judgement which gave a clean chit to the Centre's Rafale deal toprocure 36 fighter jets from French firm Dassault.