Dipak Misra's final week as CJI: From Aadhaar to Sabarimala, key judgments that he was a part of in the past week
Ahead of Misra’s final day as the head of the judiciary of India, here’s a look at the key important judgments pronounced since Monday by the Supreme Court. In a 4:1 majority verdict, the five-judge constitution bench headed by Misra said that banning the entry of women into the shrine is gender discrimination and the practice violates the fundamental rights of Hindu women. Malhotra, the lone woman judge in the bench, passed a dissenting judgment, and said: “What constitutes essential practices of religion is to be decided by worshippers, and it is not for the judiciary to adjudicate.” She held the view that it is not for courts to determine which religious practices are to be struck down except in issues of social evils like ‘sati’. Politicians with criminal antecedents In its unanimous verdict, a five-judge bench led by Chief Justice Misra on Tuesday left it to Parliament to bar lawmakers facing trial for heinous and grievous offences from contesting elections by enacting a “strong law”, while it observed that the criminalisation of politics is a bitter manifest truth and a “termite” to the citadel of democracy. The Supreme Court, dismissing a plea challenging Gogoi’s appointment, said that the plea was “devoid of merits.” Chief Justice Misra said, “We are of the view that it is not the stage to interfere.” With inputs from agencies
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