Justice Misra headed to ICJ?

March 25, 2017 12:37

If the buzz in the Supreme Court's corridors is to be believed, Justice Jasti Chelmeshwarmay be elevated as Chief Justice of India by early next year.

There is speculation that Justice Dipak Misra will be India's next representative at the International Court of Justice at The Hague when Justice Dalveer Bhandari's term at the ICJ expires on February 5, 2018.

As it stands currently, Justice Misra will succeed Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar as Chief Justice of India on August 28, 2017 when the CJI retires.

Justice Misra would serve on the Supreme Court till October 2, 2018.

Justice Chelameshwar, who retires on June 22, 2018, has been a dissenting voice on the collegium system of appointing judges and reportedly did not attend collegium meetings convened by Chief Justice Khehar or his predecessor, Chief Justice T S Thakur.

Accoring to the Indian Express newspaper, the collegium of judges headed by Chief Justice Khehar, recently rejected the Centre's desire that it retain the power to reject any judge the collegium recommends on the ground of 'national security.

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Justice Chelameshwar with Justice Rohinton Narriman struck down the draconian Section 66A of the Information Technology Act in March 2015.

A three-judge Supreme Court bench, headed by Justice Chelamesnwar, also in August 2015 ruled that the Aadhar card would be optional for availing government welfare schemes and ordered that no personal information of the holders of such cards would be shared by any authority.

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