Manoj Misra is an Indian legal practitioner who was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India in February 2023. In 2011, he was appointed as a judge of Allahabad High Court.
Wiki/Biography
Manoj Misra was born on Wednesday, June 2, 1965, in Uttar Pradesh (57 years old as of 2022). His zodiac sign is Gemini. In 1988, he graduated from Allahabad University, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.
appearance
Hair color: black (semi-bald)
Eye color: black
family
There is not much information about his family.
Profession
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He was registered as an advocate on December 12, 1988 and started practicing before the Allahabad High Court in various areas, including criminal, revenue and constitutional law.
Judge, Allahabad High Court
On November 21, 2011, after practicing civil, tax, criminal and constitutional cases for over 23 years, he was appointed as Additional Judge of the Allahabad High Court by the then President of India Pratibha Patil. On August 6, 2013, he was sworn in as a permanent judge of the Allahabad High Court.
noteworthy judgment
Teaching assistant recruitment exam flawed
On June 30, 2021, a bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Dinesh Pathak sought a reply from the Uttar Pradesh government regarding errors in the question paper of the Assistant Teacher Recruitment Examination. Some questions in the question paper are outside the syllabus and have incorrect answer options. The examination is for the recruitment of 69,000 assistant teachers in Uttar Pradesh. The division bench ordered the appellant to file an affidavit within the next two weeks stating whether the questions in the question paper were wrong or outside the syllabus. Later, Abhishek Srivastava along with 14 others filed a special complaint stating that the key answers to some questions were incorrect and some questions were beyond the syllabus and demanded that the marks for these questions be either excluded , or all candidates must obtain the same score for these questions.
Petition against VIP Darshan dismissed
In 2021, Gajendra Singh Yadav, a self-confessed devotee of Lord Shiva who had been visiting the Sri Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging that the temple board’s decision to set up a system of Sugam Darshan was an infringement fundamental rights under Articles 14, 15, 25 and 26 of the Constitution of India. He said the Sugam Darshan Board provides special facilities only to those who pay a certain fee, making it impossible for the common man to carry out religious activities and exercise his right to worship. Vineet Sankalp, one of the members of the Board of Directors, drew the attention of the court to Section 15 of the 1983 Act, under which the Board shall exercise all such powers including charging fixed fees for the performance of any worship, service, ceremony, ceremony or religious observance in the temple . Vineet Sankalp said that the Sugam Darshan scheme has been formulated to allow physically disabled people and those who cannot queue up to enjoy the right to worship, but it does not exclude ordinary worshipers from carrying out religious activities. On December 2, 2022, a bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Sameer Jain dismissed the petition filed against VIP darshan under the Sugam Darshan scheme of Kashi Vishwanath Temple.
Murderer’s death sentence revoked
On July 13, 2022, a bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Sameer Jain quashed the death sentence of the convict for the brutal murder of six family members after observing the prosecution : Suresh Chandra, Vimla Devi, Avnish, Rashmi, Surabhi and Shweta Shweta) cannot prove that the crime committed by the offender actually existed.
“Default bail” rejected
On January 11, 2023, a division bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Vikas Budhwar dismissed a PIL seeking a declaration that the rape accused would be raped if a chargesheet was not filed against him within two months of filing of the FIR. “Default bail” can be sought. ‘
PIL for sale seeks measures to save crops
On January 13, 2023, Manoj Misra and Justice Vikas Budhwar passed a PIL filed by Paras Prasad seeking direction for taking appropriate and effective measures to reduce crop losses to farmers due to wild boars and blue bulls.
Hands off selected assistant professor
On January 25, 2023, after hearing the flawed special appeal filed by Hemlata Saini, Manoj Misra and Vikas Budhwar passed orders that there should not be any kind of interference in the work of the candidates selected in the recruitment of Assistant Professors and The same goes to the committee and the Uttar Pradesh government.
judge of supreme court of india
On February 6, 2023, he was appointed as one of the judges of the Supreme Court of India by the President of India, Drupadi Murmu. On the same day, Droupadi Murmu appointed four other judges as Supreme Court judges, including Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal of the Rajasthan High Court, Chief Justice Sanjay Karol of the Patna High Court, Chief Justice PV Sanjay Kumar of the Manipur High Court and Patna High Court Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal. That High Court Judge Asanuuddin Amanullah. Among the five judges appointed, Manoj Misra is the only one who has served in the Supreme Court for seven years.
salary
As of 2016, his monthly salary as Allahabad High Court judge was Rs 225,000.
Facts/Trivia
- Manoj Misra was nominated by SH Kapadia, the 38th Chief Justice of India, to contest as judge of Allahabad High Court.
- He was nominated as one of the judges of the Supreme Court of India by Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, the 50th Chief Justice of India.
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