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Centre appoints Dipak Misra as next Chief Justice of India
Justice Misra became permanent Judge on 19th December, 1997. Justice Misra assumed charge of the office of Chief Justice, Patna High Court on 23rd December, 2009
Justice Dipak Misra has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India. The centre made the appointment. Justice Misra who takes over by Justice J S Khehar will be sworn in on August 27.
Justice Misra is the third from Odisha after Justices Ranganath Misra and G B Pattanaik to become CJIs.
He is known for the judgment on Yakub Memon who made a last minute attempt to escape the gallows. He had rejected his plea for a stay on the death warrant.
A
former
Chief
Justice
of
the
Patna
and
Delhi
High
Courts
he
succeeds
Justice
J
S
Khehar.
According
to
his
official
profile,
Justice
Dipak
Misra
(born
on
03rd
October,
1953)
enrolled
as
an
Advocate
on
14th
February,
1977
and
Practiced
in
Constitutional,
Civil,
Criminal,
Revenue,
Service
and
Sales
Tax
matters
in
the
Orissa
High
Court
and
the
Service
Tribunal.
He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Orissa High Court on 17th January, 1996 and transferred to the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 03rd March, 1997.
Justice Misra became permanent Judge on 19th December, 1997. Justice Misra assumed charge of the office of Chief Justice, Patna High Court on 23rd December, 2009 and charge of the office of the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on 24th May, 2010.
As Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, he helped decide over 5000 cases and helped clear the backlog of cases by making the Mediation Centre and Lok Adalats more effective. He was elevated as a Judge of Supreme Court of India on 10th October 2011.
His verdict in Own Motion vs State that Delhi Police upload FIRs on their website within 24 hours of their lodging to enable the accused to file appropriate applications before the court for redressal of their grievances was a notable one. In a case on Reservation in promotion, Justice Misra and Justice Dalveer Bhandari upheld the Allahabad High Court judgement and held that reservation in promotions can be provided only if there is sufficient data and evidence to justify the need. The bench rejected Uttar Pradesh government's decision to provide reservation in promotion on the ground that it failed to furnish sufficient valid data.
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