Case | Hearing Report

Union government to submit data on number of citizenships granted to immigrants

The Union government asserted that the parliament is constitutionally empowered to make specific citizenship laws

Case | Judgement

Group of Companies Doctrine in Arbitration Proceedings | Judgement Pronouncement

Supreme Court upholds Group of Companies Doctrine, says non-signatories may be bound by arbitration agreements

Analysis

What does the Sisodia bail decision mean for civil liberties?

The top court’s decision to deny Manish Sisodia bail appears to fall short of its own concerns over personal liberty

Analysis | Desk Brief

The doctor’s wise words on 25 November 1949

The day before the Constitution was adopted, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar spoke about the contradiction between political and social inequality

Challenge to the Abrogation of Article 370

Pending

In Re: Article 370 of the Constitution

The Supreme Court will decide the constitutionality of the Presidential Orders that removed Jammu and Kashmir’s special constitutional status, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which bifurcated the State into two Union Territories.

Assam’s National Register of Citizens

Pending

In re: Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955

The Court monitored how the State Coordinator updated Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC), so as to ensure that the NRC was published as mandated by the Assam Accord of 15 August 1985.

Pendency of bills before Tamil Nadu Governor

Pending

The State of Tamil Nadu v Governor of Tamil Nadu

The Supreme Court will hear petitions filed by the Tamil Nadu government against the Tamil Nadu Governor's withholding of pending bills passed by the state legislature. This case concerns the obligations of the Governor under Article 200, which deals with the Governor's power to assent to Bills.

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