Tag: Dipak Misra
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Former Chief Justice of India expresses concern over delay in justice
Delivering his inaugural address at a one-day national conference on New Horizons of Criminal Justice System organised by Shoolini University, Solan in the national capital on Sunday, the former Chief Justice said the criminal judicial system needs urgent reforms.
July 22, 2019 -
SC agrees to reconsider Sabarimala temple verdict in open court on Jan 22
Agreeing to reconsider its September 28 verdict on Sabarimala temple, the top court said a five-judge Constitution bench will hear all the 49 review petitions.
November 13, 2018 -
Judicial Anguish
Judicial activism was definitely not the mantra on 25 September when the five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra ruled on a batch of petitions and applications filed by the NGO, Public Interest Foundation, former Chief Election Commissioner, J M Lyngdoh, Delhi BJP leader and lawyer, Ashwini Upadhyay and …
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October 4, 2018 -
Chief Justice Dipak Misra, the only CJI to face judges’ revolt, retires today
Dipak Misra's term of 13 months and five days as the CJI was perhaps the most turbulent for any Chief Justice, which saw his brother Judges and some from the Bar openly questioning his style of functioning.
October 1, 2018 -
Spurious spy case
The Supreme Court judgment of 14 September in the infamous ISRO espionage case has made only partial reparation to S Nambi Narayanan, former director of ISRO’s cryogenic engine project. A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra found “no scintilla of doubt that the appellant, a successful scientist having national reputation, has been compelled …
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September 29, 2018 -
‘Congress, only place for idiocy’: Amit Shah slams opposition after activists’ arrest verdict
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in a 2:1 verdict, Friday refused the plea seeking the immediate release of the activists.
September 28, 2018 -
Indu Malhotra | The lone woman judge who dissented on Sabarimala case
The Supreme Court in a 4:1 verdict, scrapped the ban on the entry of women devotees in the Sabarimala temple in Kerala.
September 28, 2018 -
Activists’ arrest | SC refuses SIT probe, extends house arrest for 4 weeks
However, Justice DY Chandrachud presented a dissenting opinion stating that the case was 'fit to be probed by SIT'.
September 28, 2018 -
Supreme Court scraps Sabarimala temple ban on entry of women
Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra observed that the right to worship is given to all devotees and there can be no discrimination on the basis of gender.
September 28, 2018 -
Won’t review 1994 verdict that said mosque isn’t integral to Islam: SC
It was argued by the Muslim groups that the 1994 verdict of the Supreme Court needed to be reconsidered by a five-judge bench.
September 27, 2018 -
Criminalising adultery is unconstitutional and arbitrary, rules Supreme Court
Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said the 150-year-old adultery law was "arbitrary" adding that "there cannot be a shadow of doubt" that it was a ground for divorce.
September 27, 2018 -
Wishful thinking
It is tricky trying to determine an appropriate response to the latest order of the Supreme Court seeking to rid electoral politics of unsavoury persons. Should it be a philosophically positive “as long as there’s life there’s hope”… or a lament that their Lordships admitted to their own shortcomings when expressing an inability to issue …
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September 27, 2018 -
Can’t bar criminal politicians, Parliament must make law in ‘national interest’: SC
National interest demands parliament enacts such legislation and the country awaits such a legislation, the court said.
September 25, 2018 -
Writing love into law
The Supreme Court judgments striking down Section 377 of the IPC go further than comparable jurisprudence in the UK and the USA, writes Senthorun Raj.
September 13, 2018 -
Implementation of rule of law depends on quality of legal education: CJI Dipak Misra
“Legal education is a science which imparts to law students not only the knowledge of certain legal provisions but it also inculcates a sense of maturity and understanding of the society which shapes and moulds them to emerge as protectors of citizenry liberties,” Justice Misra said.
September 2, 2018 -
SC reserves verdict on live streaming of court proceedings
The top court, said that it aims to implement the concept of open courts which in turn would help to reduce the crowd in the court. It said live streaming may also be a help for academic purposes.
August 25, 2018 -
SC notice to UP govt, police on CM Yogi hate speech in 2007
The notice came on a plea challenging an Allahabad High Court order that had dismissed a petition seeking prosecution of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the case
August 21, 2018