Dipak Misra
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Hon'ble Justice Dipak Misra |
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| Judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
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Assumed office 10 October 2011 |
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| Appointed by | President Pranab Mukherjee |
| Chief Justice of the High Court of Patna | |
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In office December 2009 – May 2010 |
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| Chief Justice of the High Court of Delhi | |
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In office 24 May 2010 – 10 October 2011 |
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| Born | 3 October 1953 |
Justice Dipak Misra (born 3 October 1953) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. A former Chief Justice of the Patna and Delhi High Courts, he is in line to become the Chief Justice of India in 2017, succeeding Justice J. S. Khehar. He's the nephew of Ranganath Misra who too was CJI from Sept 1990 - November 1991.
Justice Misra enrolled at the Bar on 14 February 1977 and practised at the Orissa High Court and the Service Tribunal. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Orissa High Court in 1996 and was later transferred the following year to the Madhya Pradesh High Court, where he was made a Permanent Judge on 19 December 1997. In December 2009, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and served until May 2010, when he was appointed Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. He served in the latter capacity until his elevation to the Supreme Court on 10 October 2011.
Justice Misra has a tenure of almost seven years at the Supreme Court and is in line to become Chief Justice of India in 2017. He is then expected to have a tenure of just under 14 months as Chief Justice.
Justice Misra's passed judgment in the Own Motion vs State case, requiring Delhi Police to upload FIRs on their website within 24 hours of the FIRs being lodged, in order to enable the accused to file appropriate applications before the court for redressal of their grievances.
In a case on Reservation in promotion, Justice Misra and Justice Dalveer Bhandari upheld the Allahabad High Court judgement that reservation in promotions can be provided only if there is sufficient data and evidence to justify the need. The bench rejected the 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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