Justice Misra is known to have a penchant for poetry and verse. File Photo: IANSNew Delhi: Justice Dipak Misra, who was Monday sworn in the 45th chief justice of India, has passed several landmark judgments, including the order that made singing of the National Anthem in cinema halls mandatory.
CJI
• Justice Misra, 64, assumes office following the retirement of justice J.S. Khehar Sunday
• Justice Misra will remain in office till October 2, 2018
• He was the chief justice of the Patna High Court and the Delhi High Court before being elevated to the apex court in October 2011
• After his enrollment as an advocate in 1977, justice Misra practiced in constitutional, civil, criminal, revenue, service and sales tax matters in the Orissa High Court
• He was appointed as an additional judge of the Orissa High Court on January 17, 1996, before his transfer to the Madhya Pradesh High Court. He became a permanent judge on December 19, 1997
Crucial judgments
• Justice Misra headed the bench that passed the order for mandatory singing of the national anthem in cinema halls across the country
•He was also part of the bench that upheld the death sentence given to the convicts in the December 16, 2012 gang-rape case
• Justice Misra, along with justice P.C. Pant, had in May, declined to de-criminalize defamation an offense punishable with two years in jail apart from fine saying the right to free speech cannot mean that a citizen can defame anybody
What next
• Justice Misra is currently presiding over a bench hearing the Cauvery and Krishna river water disputes, BCCI reforms and Sahara case among others
• He will also preside over the controversial issue of women's entry to Sabarimala
Trivia
• Justice Misra is known to have a penchant for poetry and verse
