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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
TopicCJI Dipak Misra

Topic: CJI Dipak Misra

5 reasons behind the historic impeachment motion moved against CJI Dipak Misra by Congress

Congress leaders claim that the timing of the motion has nothing to do with Thursday's ruling in the CBI judge Loya death probe case.

Opposition may submit impeachment motion against CJI Misra to Rajya Sabha Chairman today

While the motion is unlikely to be passed in either house, if Chairman Venkaiah Naidu accepts it, many feel the CJI’s position will become untenable.

Top court declines new probe into judge Loya death, says there is no ground for suspicion

Judge Loya died on 1 December 2014 in Nagpur. At the time, he was the special judge in the trial for the alleged fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh.

Law minister Prasad set to meet CJI Misra next week to thrash out ‘outstanding issues’

SC judges have raised concerns about Centre sitting on collegium’s recommendations — one of the top issues that will be discussed at the meeting.

Before you cheer Hadiya judgment, spare a thought for what it did not say

The ruling utterly fails to capture the hurdles -- both institutional and personal -- that Hadiya had to overcome for her “liberty” to be restored.

Supreme Court bench set to rule on case allotment powers of chief justice on Wednesday

The three-judge bench hearing the ‘administrative powers of CJI’ case is headed by Dipak Misra himself. Its ruling will be binding on him and all future CJIs.

Dalits see the apex court’s order on SC/ST Act as a dog whistle to destroy the law

Judicial decision making is an idealised form of public reasoning that must elevate & educate public discourse. The SC/ST Act order failed meet these standards.

Shanti & Prashant Bhushan move Supreme Court against powers of chief justice

They have argued that ‘master of roster’ could not be an ‘unguided and unbridled discretionary power, exercised arbitrarily by the CJI by hand-picking benches of select judges.’

Plugged-In: Govt tracking journalists, CBSE leak, and CJI impeachment

The government may be able to track journalists’ movements in and out of government buildings and offices through the use of RFID cards

214 days of unending controversies for Chief Justice Dipak Misra

Even if he survives this crisis by default, Misra's perceived inaction on every crucial issue will leave the judiciary with a lot to defend itself against.

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Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.