Chief Justice Dipak Mishra

Rights protected and guaranteed under the constitutional framework are the fulcrum of a democratic and free society, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has said.

Chief Justice Dipak Mishra today wrote to the government recommending Justice Ranjan Gogoi as his successor. Justice Gogoi, the second senior-most judge in the Supreme Court, will take charge on October 3 as the next Chief Justice of India.

After an NDTV investigation in which men accused of lynching are caught on hidden camera bragging about the killings, the Supreme Court has agreed to take up the Hapur lynching case. Lawyers for the Hapur lynching victims went to the Supreme Court for an "urgent hearing" after NDTV aired the sting operation on Monday. Chief Justice of India Dipak M...

The Chief Justice is the "master of the roster" and has the power to assign cases, the Supreme Court ruled today in a petition by former law minister Shanti Bhushan.

In a landmark judgment today, the Supreme Court upheld the elected government of Delhi and said the real power must be vested with it and not with the Lieutenant Governor. The observations of the three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra came as a huge boost for the government of Arvind Kejriwal, which had challenged a Delhi High ...

The incidents of cow vigilantism are not acceptable and it's for the states to ensure that such events don't happen, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said today.The Supreme Court, which was hearing petitions on cow vigilantism, also warned against linking mob violence to religion or caste and said "a victim is a victim".

The Congress on Sunday hit out at the BJP for "defending" Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and said the latter should consider recusing himself from judicial and administrative work till he was cleared of the charge of "misbehaviour".

Following the allegations by top four Supreme Court judges, the Congress, backed by several opposition parties, has initiated the proceedings for the impeachment of the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.

The Congress today gave a cautious response to a proposed impeachment motion for Chief Justice Dipak Misra - an idea pitched yesterday by CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury. The CPM, Mr Yechury said, wants to build consensus on the issue among the opposition parties and has already met NCP leader Tariq Anwar and rebel JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi today attacked the NDA government over the Aadhaar scheme, dubbing it as a compulsory weapon to "disempower" citizens.

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra will meet the four senior judges who took him on publicly, tomorrow as part of the efforts at ending a rift that could impact important cases. The meeting, which was initially slated for this morning, did not take place as Justice Jasti Chelameswar is unwell and could not attend court. Sources close to the rebel j...

The case about judge BH Loya's death, one of the main triggers for an unprecedented crisis in India's judiciary, could be reassigned. The two judges hearing the case on Tuesday said in an order that the case be "put up before the appropriate bench". That means the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, has to decide whether to transfer the case to a ...

The morning tea session at Judges' lounge at the Supreme Court - where the Chief Justice of India and some of the other judges met informally on Monday to settle their differences - had some emotional moments. One of the participating judges nearly broke down and Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice J Chelameswar, who took him on publicly on Frida...

A team from the Bar Council of India - the regulatory body of lawyers - met with Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra as part of its efforts to resolve the unprecedented crisis that hit the judiciary after four most senior judges of the Supreme Court took him on in public on Friday. Bar Council chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra said the matter will be r...

Loose talk against the Chief Justice of India Dipak Mishra is damaging the credibility of the country's top court, said the Supreme Court on Monday as it heard a case about alleged bribe-taking by senior judges

Rights protected and guaranteed under the constitutional framework are the fulcrum of a democratic and free society, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has said.

Chief Justice Dipak Mishra today wrote to the government recommending Justice Ranjan Gogoi as his successor. Justice Gogoi, the second senior-most judge in the Supreme Court, will take charge on October 3 as the next Chief Justice of India.

After an NDTV investigation in which men accused of lynching are caught on hidden camera bragging about the killings, the Supreme Court has agreed to take up the Hapur lynching case. Lawyers for the Hapur lynching victims went to the Supreme Court for an "urgent hearing" after NDTV aired the sting operation on Monday. Chief Justice of India Dipak M...

The Chief Justice is the "master of the roster" and has the power to assign cases, the Supreme Court ruled today in a petition by former law minister Shanti Bhushan.

In a landmark judgment today, the Supreme Court upheld the elected government of Delhi and said the real power must be vested with it and not with the Lieutenant Governor. The observations of the three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra came as a huge boost for the government of Arvind Kejriwal, which had challenged a Delhi High ...

The incidents of cow vigilantism are not acceptable and it's for the states to ensure that such events don't happen, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said today.The Supreme Court, which was hearing petitions on cow vigilantism, also warned against linking mob violence to religion or caste and said "a victim is a victim".

The Congress on Sunday hit out at the BJP for "defending" Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and said the latter should consider recusing himself from judicial and administrative work till he was cleared of the charge of "misbehaviour".

Following the allegations by top four Supreme Court judges, the Congress, backed by several opposition parties, has initiated the proceedings for the impeachment of the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.

The Congress today gave a cautious response to a proposed impeachment motion for Chief Justice Dipak Misra - an idea pitched yesterday by CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury. The CPM, Mr Yechury said, wants to build consensus on the issue among the opposition parties and has already met NCP leader Tariq Anwar and rebel JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi today attacked the NDA government over the Aadhaar scheme, dubbing it as a compulsory weapon to "disempower" citizens.

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra will meet the four senior judges who took him on publicly, tomorrow as part of the efforts at ending a rift that could impact important cases. The meeting, which was initially slated for this morning, did not take place as Justice Jasti Chelameswar is unwell and could not attend court. Sources close to the rebel j...

The case about judge BH Loya's death, one of the main triggers for an unprecedented crisis in India's judiciary, could be reassigned. The two judges hearing the case on Tuesday said in an order that the case be "put up before the appropriate bench". That means the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, has to decide whether to transfer the case to a ...

The morning tea session at Judges' lounge at the Supreme Court - where the Chief Justice of India and some of the other judges met informally on Monday to settle their differences - had some emotional moments. One of the participating judges nearly broke down and Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice J Chelameswar, who took him on publicly on Frida...

A team from the Bar Council of India - the regulatory body of lawyers - met with Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra as part of its efforts to resolve the unprecedented crisis that hit the judiciary after four most senior judges of the Supreme Court took him on in public on Friday. Bar Council chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra said the matter will be r...

Loose talk against the Chief Justice of India Dipak Mishra is damaging the credibility of the country's top court, said the Supreme Court on Monday as it heard a case about alleged bribe-taking by senior judges