scorecardresearch
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
TopicDipak Misra

Topic: Dipak Misra

Lawyer Prashant Bhushan wants Allahabad HC judge booked in MCI bribery case, writes to CJI

CJI Dipak Misra recommended Justice Shukla’s impeachment to President Ram Nath Kovind, but Modi government is to act on it.

Joseph seniority: Upset, SC judges to raise matter with CJI

Joseph has been placed third among 3 recently elevated judges despite being recommended by collegium before the other two.

Supreme Court allows Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad

A CJI-headed bench allowed Karti to travel abroad but ruled that he will have to surrender passport on return.

SC secy general Ravindra Maithani, close to CJI Misra, recommended as Uttarakhand HC judge

Maithani could supersede some senior judicial officers. Centre had rejected Uttarakhand HC chief justice K.M. Joseph’s elevation to SC on the same grounds.

Top SC judges erred in holding press conference. Should’ve lumped it or quit: Fali Nariman

Law and convention will both ensure Justice Gogoi is the next CJI, outgoing CJ’s recommendation is a formality, he says responding to Amit Shah

Supreme Court verdict doesn’t ensure L-G versus Delhi govt fights won’t happen in future

The different opinions penned by the judges leave some key issues unaddressed.

Supreme Court agrees to list petitions challenging nikah-halala & polygamy among Muslims

A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud agreed to list pleas.

Collegium unanimously decides to reiterate K.M. Joseph’s name, but with some other names

It decided that his name “should also be accompanied by the recommendation of the names of chief justices of high courts for elevation” to the Supreme Court.

In reiterating K.M. Joseph’s name lies CJI Misra’s road to redemption

CJI Misra will redeem his lost name and judiciary's prestige if he ensure collegium meets at the earliest and sends back just one name — Joseph's.

CJI Misra shouldn’t have constituted five-judge bench to hear impeachment petition

Law settled by seven-judge bench in 1969 underlines that being a judge in one’s own case is a circumstance which is “abhorrent to our concept of justice”.

On Camera

Afzalgunj to Begum Bazar—Hyderabad’s markets don’t look ‘nawabi’. Marwaris, Gujjus built them

Some of Hyderabad’s oldest jewellery and perfume stores—many dating back to the Nizam era—are run by Marwari, Gujrati, and Jain families.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?