Tag: Justice Dipak Misra

SC asks Centre to review playing of national anthem in cinema halls

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to take a call on playing of the national anthem in public places, including cinema halls. The Centre may modify the wording of its November 2016 order on the issue so that cinema halls ‘may’ instead of ‘shall’ play the national anthem before the start […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Justice Dipak Misra to be next Chief Justice of India

New Delhi: The government on Tuesday cleared the appointment of Justice Dipak Misra as the next Chief Justice of India. Justice Misra, who will be the 45th Chief Justice of India, will succeed incumbent J.S. Khehar, who retires on August 27. The outgoing CJI had recommended the name of Misra, the next senior-most judge in […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Op-Ed: The Last Has Not Been Heard on Aadhaar

Strange are the ways of the judiciary. Oblivious of the intricacies of law, ordinary mortals like this author fail to understand how one member of the five-judge constitutional bench, Justice Chandrachud, came to a conclusion that is diametrically opposed to the majority verdict based on the same set of evidence and arguments and counter-arguments that […]

  • Thursday, 10 June 2021
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Op-Ed: Bid to whip up Odia pride over CJI impeachment reprehensible

Indian judiciary is going through its worst ever crisis. And the crisis predates the initiation of impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra by a clutch of Opposition parties led by the Congress. That all is not well in the highest echelons of the judiciary had become abundantly clear at least two […]

  • Thursday, 10 June 2021
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