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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
TopicDipak Misra

Topic: Dipak Misra

Talk Point: Are the checks and balances in the Indian judiciary failing?

In an unprecedented move, four judges– Justices Chelameswar, Gogoi, Lokur and Joseph- held a press conference. Experts weigh in on what it means.

The four senior-most Supreme Court judges who have taken on the Chief Justice

Justices Chelameswar, Lokur, Gogoi, and Joseph held an unprecedented press conference Thursday to voice their disappointment with how the SC is being run.

‘Mother of PILs’ Kapila Hingorani becomes first woman to have her portrait in SC library

Hingorani was one of only three female lawyers practicing in the Supreme Court in her time, and changed Indian jurisprudence by filing the first PIL in 1979.

In three months, SC gives breather to 25 medical colleges that were banned for two years

In all the cases, the apex court restrained the government from encashing bank guarantees of Rs 2 crore each that the colleges had furnished.

There are some things even the Supreme Court shouldn’t be allowed to change

SC itself has held that certain features of THE Constitution can’t be amended by Parliament; it should be the same when it comes to its own functioning.

Another clash at SC: CJI takes away 2G-related case from Justice Chelameswar

Case involving ED officer was listed to be heard by Justice Chelameswar, but was shifted to CJI Dipak Misra’s court through supplementary listing.

SC to reconsider two recent rulings against women-centric laws

Larger bench headed by CJI Dipak Misra decides to re-examine the judgments passed earlier this year by justices A.K. Goel and U.U. Lalit.

SC collegium to make recommendations public, lawyers say it’s ‘merely cosmetic’

After the brouhaha over Justice Jayant Patel, collegium resolves to be more transparent, but some senior lawyers want minutes of meetings too. New Delhi: In...

Vande Mataram: Headline-grabbing orders not new for Madras HC judge Muralidaran

Muralidaran, 54, has also made news with his orders on NEET, cattle slaughter and farm loan waiver and beat the SC on the national song. Apurva Vishwanath

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?