On demand of his father, Ranjan Gogoi appeared for UPSC exams and even cleared it. But he was honest enough to tell his father that his interest lies in pursuing law.
Delivering his inaugural address at a one-day national conference on New Horizons of Criminal Justice System organised by Shoolini University, Solan in the national capital on Sunday, the former Chief Justice said the criminal judicial system needs urgent reforms.
Agreeing to reconsider its September 28 verdict on Sabarimala temple, the top court said a five-judge Constitution bench will hear all the 49 review petitions.
Judicial activism was definitely not the mantra on 25 September when the five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, headed…
Dipak Misra's term of 13 months and five days as the CJI was perhaps the most turbulent for any Chief Justice, which saw his brother Judges and some from the Bar openly questioning his style of functioning.
It was argued by the Muslim groups that the 1994 verdict of the Supreme Court needed to be reconsidered by a five-judge bench.
Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said the 150-year-old adultery law was "arbitrary" adding that "there cannot be a shadow of doubt" that it was a ground for divorce.
It is tricky trying to determine an appropriate response to the latest order of the Supreme Court seeking to rid…
National interest demands parliament enacts such legislation and the country awaits such a legislation, the court said.
The Supreme Court judgments striking down Section 377 of the IPC go further than comparable jurisprudence in the UK and the USA, writes Senthorun Raj.
