Chief Justice Dipak Misra
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SC ruling in adultery case: Justice RF Nariman calls law archaic, says it 'demeans the status of women'
•The Supreme Court bench unanimously declared that adultery was not a crime and struck down the anti-adultery law, saying it was unconstitutional as it dented the individuality of women.
Kerala to give Rs 50 lakh as compensation to ex-ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan falsely implicated in espionage case
Ians •The ISRO spy case surfaced in 1994 when Nambi Narayanan was arrested on charges of espionage along with another senior ISRO official, two Maldivian women and a businessman.
Supreme Court ruling in Ayodhya case: RSS welcomes judgment, says it is confident 'just verdict' will be reached soon
•The SC declined to refer to a five-judge Constitution bench the issue of reconsideration of the observations in its 1994 judgement during the hearing of the Ayodhya land dispute.
'SC verdict curtails mindless expansion of Aadhaar, underscores need for better scrutiny while drafting laws'
Fp Editors •Shankkar Aiyar opines that the fact that SC read down the Aadhaar Act shows that govts need to be more careful when taking the Money Bill route to bypass political roadblocks
Supreme Court likely to pronounce verdict on plea challenging adultery law today; Centre favoured retention of Section 497
•On 5 January, the Supreme Court had referred to a five-judge Constitution bench the plea challenging the validity of the penal law on adultery.
Aadhaar Act should not have been passed as money bill, amounts to Constitution fraud, says Justice DY Chandrachud
•Justice Chandrachud, who was part of the five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, wrote a separate judgement saying he had expressed some views different from that of the verdict pronounced by Justice AK Sikri.
SC dismisses plea against appointment of Justice Ranjan Gogoi as Chief Justice of India, says petition 'devoid of merits'
Fp Staff •The plea said the petitioners were relying on an undated letter addressed to Chief Justice of India and circulated by the four apex court judges.
Bhima Koregaon case: SC-monitored SIT probe into activists' arrests demanded for protection from 'oppressive prosecution'
•Eminent citizens on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that a court-monitored Special Investigation Team (SIT) should be constituted to look into the entire spectrum of the Bhima Koregaon case.
Bhima Koregaon case updates: Hearing on bail of activists deferred till Thursday; house arrest to continue
Fp Staff •Bhima Koregaon case LIVE updates: Abhishek Manu Singhvi argued that the so called letters quoted by the Maharashtra Police to Comrade Prakash are fabricated, because in the judgment convicting profesor GN Saibaba mentions that it was a name used by him.
Bhima Koregaon arrests: Maharashtra Police files affidavit in SC, says it has sufficient evidence to establish Maoist links
Fp Staff •The Maharashtra government filed a counter affidavit in Supreme Court regarding the arrests of five activists in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence. The government claimed that the five rights activists were not arrested for their dissenting views but due to the cogent evidence linking them with the banned Communist party of India (Maoist).