Found 72 Articles for Jury & Judge

Jagdish Singh Khehar is a former senior advocate, a former judge, and former and 44th Chief Justice of India. Justice Khehar became the first chief justice from the Sikh community. During his tenure, he gave many landmark judgements including the Triple Talaq and the Right to Privacy verdict. Personal Details Born on August 28, 1952, Jagdish Singh Khehar served as India's 44th Chief Justice (CJI). He is renowned for his courage in rendering decisions in important instances. By becoming the first Chief Justice of the Sikh Community, he made history. From 2011 until 2017, he served as a Supreme ... Read More

Justice Dipak Misra is an Indian judge who served as the 45th Chief Justice of India from 28 August 2017 till 2 October 2018. Before that, he served as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and Delhi High Court. Personal Details Justice Dipak Misra (born October 3, 1953), an Indian jurist, held the position of 45th Chief Justice of India. The Patna High Court and the Delhi High Court have previously had him as their Chief Justice. He is Justice Ranganath Mishra’s nephew, who served as the 21st Chief Justice between 1990 and 1991. Carrier In ... Read More

Having been born the year the Indian Constitution was adopted and enrolling in law school precisely 25 years later, Justice Dattu has come a long way in his life since he first began practicing law in Bangalore, where he focused on tax, civil, criminal, and constitutional issues. Justice Dattu was appointed as a judge of the High Court of Karnataka on December 18, 1995. Personal Details On December 3, 1950, in the village of Chikkapattanagere in Karnataka's Chikmagalur district, Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu was born. English instructor H. L. Narayanaswamy was his father. He finished his elementary schooling in ... Read More

R. M. Lodha is a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. Before being appointed as the justice of the Supreme Court, he served as the chief justice of Patna High Court. Before that he has also served as a judge in Rajasthan High Court and Bombay High Court. Personal Details Justice Lodha, who was born on July 28, 1949, in Jodhpur into a family of judges, is said to have the law written all over his body. His uncles Chand Mal Lodha and Guman Mal Lodha served as chief justices of alternative courts, while his father, ... Read More

Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan, an Indian judge who was previously the head of the country's national human rights commission, was born on May 12, 1945 in Kaduthuruthy, Travancore. He was the first Kerala-born judge to hold the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. One of the longest terms in the history of the Supreme Court of India was his, which lasted more than three years. He was preceded by Justice Y.K. Sabharwal and succeeded by Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia. Early Life and Education Balakrishnan’s father worked as a clerk at the Vaikom munsiff court and was a ... Read More

Justice Indira Banerjee was born on September 24, 1957 in Kolkata, West Bengal. She attended Kolkata's Loreto House for her formal education. She completed her higher education at the University of Calcutta's Department of Law and the Presidency College in Kolkata. She began representing clients before the Calcutta High Court on July 5, 1985, after enrolling as an advocate. Career Justice Sarv Mittra Sikri began his career during the following time period: On 5 February 2002, Indira Banerjee was appointed a permanent judge of the Calcutta High Court. As of 8 August 2016, she was moved to the Delhi ... Read More

Gender equality has been a faraway goal for the world for many years. As women have increasingly and persistently participated in some facets of society, the gap is being closed slowly but surely. Women in the legal profession serve as one illustration of this. The International Day of Women Judges is observed on March 10 to raise awareness of the importance of gender equality in the legal system. The significance is emphasized by the UN, as it will contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goal on gender equality and empowerment. The number of female judges in the Indian judicial system has ... Read More

Dhananjaya Yashwant Chandrachud, an Indian judge who was born on November 11, 1959, is the country's 50th and current Chief Justice. He served as the senior-most judge after the chief justice and as the ex-officio executive chairman of the National Legal Services Authority while serving on the Supreme Court of India. He was also a judge of the Bombay High Court and the former chief justice of the Allahabad High Court. He was educated at Harvard University and Delhi University before working for Sullivan & Cromwell and the Bombay High Court. He was born to Y. V. Chandrachud. He rose ... Read More

Even though Justice A. N. Ray was a lone witness, he did not hesitate to register his dissent, as he did in the Bank Nationalization Case (1970) and the Privy Purse Abolition Case (1971), both of which had 11-judge benches. He was also one of the six dissenters in the illustrious Kesavananda Bharati case. Who is Justice A.N. Ray? Ajit Nath Ray served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India from April 25, 1973, until his retirement on January 28, 1977. When the eleven justices of the Supreme Court considered whether the Bank Nationalization Act was constitutional in ... Read More

The most difficult times in India's democracy's antiquity may have occurred under Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah's administration. He was born in Ahmedabad on January 22nd, 1906, and in the 1970s he rose to the position of Chief Justice. He also presided over one of the most pivotal discussions over the Indian constitution. A counsel who lost a case before Justice Shah claimed that the judge's decisions are "unimpeachable" and that "with him, you always know that justice is done." Early Life and Education Justice Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah began his early life and education during the following time period: Shah first ... Read More