Supreme Court to hear plea challenging appointment of Justice Ranjan Gogoi as next CJIThe plea sought quashing of the order of appointment of Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the Chief Justice of India with effect from October 3.
CJI Dipak Misra-led benches to deliver 8 key verdicts in 6 working daysA CJI-led five-judge constitution bench has already delivered a landmark verdict decriminalising section 377 of IPC to legalise gay sex. Th...
Supreme Court judges work frenetically to wrap up judgements ahead of CJI Dipak Misra’s retirementThe court will also pronounce whether reservations in promotions should be automatic for the socially and educationally backward, an assess...
Justice Ranjan Gogoi to take charge as the new Chief Justice of India on October 3Justice Gogoi is expected to take oath on October 3. He is slated to retire on November 17, 2019.
Mechanism to assess judges' work soon: CJI Dipak MisraAt present, judicial officers retire at the age of 58 years, HC judges at 62 years and SC judges at 65 years.
Justice Jasti Chelameswar to demit office tomorrowChelameswar, who turns 65 tomorrow, was part of the nine-judge bench that gave the historic verdict declaring right to privacy a fundamenta...
LGBT group from IITs petitions Supreme CourtThe existence of this law relegates us to second-class citizens and has subjected many of us to mental trauma, illnesses such as clinical d...
No compromise on fundamental rights: CJI Dipak MisraThough no right was absolute, there should be no fetters which "destroy the central dogma of the constitution", the CJI said at the functio...
State's obligation to strengthen cyberlaws: CJI Dipak Misra"There has to be a regulatory framework. There has to experts. They have to be more intelligent than those nuisance makers. The nuisance th...
Everybody must believe in culture of settlement: CJI Dipak Misra"Great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Abraham Lincoln, who were lawyers first, advocated and supported the culture of settlement," CJI Mis...
Every time the new Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, impressed us with his judgementThe newly-appointed CJI is known not just for landmark judgments but also the use of discursive language.
Justice Dipak Misra sworn in as Chief Justice of IndiaHe was administered the oath of office by President Ram Nath Kovind and is succeeding Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar.
Dipak Misra to become the next Chief Justice of IndiaThough Justice Khehar will formally demit office on Sunday, Friday was his last working day. CJI-designate Dipak Misra will take over on Mo...
Speaker facing ouster can't expel legislators: Supreme Court"When the position of a speaker is under challenge, it'd seem just that the Speaker first demonstrates his right to continue...by winning s...
Odisha Law Commission soon: Naveen PatnaikPatnaik today said the government is determined to constitute Law Commission and take other welfare measures for advocates, including setti...
Defamation case against Rahul Gandhi: Interim stay to continueA bench comprising justices Dipak Misra and P C Pant also asked the respondent, RSS activist Rajesh Kunte, to file his response within four...
Yakub Memon's plea: How the late-night action unfoldedDefence lawyer also cited Maharashtra prison manual to say that Yakub should get at least 7 days after rejection of his mercy petition.