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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
TopicDipak Misra

Topic: Dipak Misra

Supreme Court reiterates that chief justice is the master of the roster, dismisses petition

Supreme Court says there ‘cannot be any mistrust in the functioning of a high constitutional office of the CJI’.

Govt hits back at Chelameswar letter: Karnataka judge probe didn’t check sexual harassment

Law minister Prasad writes to CJI Misra suggesting judiciary didn’t handle the probe well, but SC functionary calls it an attempt to obfuscate the issue.

Impeaching chief justice isn’t the solution to crisis in judiciary: Justice Chelameswar

The judge who has questioned the decisions of CJI Dipak Misra says there must be institutional mechanisms to deal with complaints against judges.

Government & judiciary are mutual watchdogs, not mutual admirers: Chelameswar

Senior SC judge's scathing letter to the CJI and fellow apex court judges highlights concerns about the executive's interference in the judiciary.

Coming up: Arun Jaitley and Justice Chelameswar, face-to-face

The two will take part in a panel discussion on the higher judiciary, in the midst of its increasing tensions with the executive. New Delhi:...

Supreme Court collegium breaks with tradition, ‘interviews’ candidates for HC judge posts

The exercise is an attempt to address criticism about the collegium’s ‘opaque’ appointments process.

SC clips khap panchayats’ wings on marriages. But how did they get these wings?

Khaps gained prominence as a tribal and village administration mechanism, and are most prevalent in the states of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, MP, UP, and Haryana.

TalkPoint: Is CJI Dipak Misra caught in the political rivalry between the BJP and the opposition?

Experts weigh in on the opposition leaders petition to impeach Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. If it happens, it will be the first time a motion to remove a sitting CJI is moved in Parliament.

Former Delhi HC CJ says ‘unfair’ of Centre to block elevation of Uttarakhand chief justice

Justice A.P. Shah also says 4 judges who have questioned Chief Justice of India didn’t breach any code of conduct and had instead upheld constitutional values.

India is now among select group of nations where passive euthanasia is legal

The mercy killing debate began with the Aruna Shanbaug case, the Mumbai nurse spent 42 years in a vegetative state after a brutal assault by a sweeper.

On Camera

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.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

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?