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Enforcement of Fundamental Duties | Day 1: A comprehensive law enforcing fundamental duties is the “need of the hour,” argue petitioners
The Bench observed that laws for the protection of fundamental duties already exist under separate legislations
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Appointment of arbitrators by ineligible persons | Day 3: Five-judge bench reserves judgement
Intervenors argued that the Arbitration Act did not prevent persons who could not be arbitrators from appointing one
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Appointment of arbitrators by ineligible persons | Day 2: Party autonomy is ingrained in the Arbitration Act, argues Union
Other PSUs and NBFIs argued that there are enough checks and balances in the Arbitration Act to ensure impartiality of the tribunal
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Appointment of arbitrators by ineligible persons | Day 1: Unilateral appointment of panel violates equal treatment, argue private contractors
Petitioners also argued that a person who was ineligible to be an arbitrator could not appoint one
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Baarish, Benches and Bail
The Court’s Monsoon Session saw reduced Constitution Bench activity, bail orders for opposition leaders and suo moto cases
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2024 Monsoon Session Review
The monsoon winds brought with them two Constitution Bench decisions, several suo moto cases and a shifting trend in PMLA bail jurisprudence
Oct 15, 2024
Challenge to the Marital Rape Exception | Day 1
Oct 15, 2024
Restitution of Conjugal Rights | Day 1
Oct 15, 2024
Criminalisation of Triple Talaq | Day 1
View allChallenge to the Marital Rape Exception
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Hrishikesh Sahoo v State of Karnataka
The SC will decide if the marital rape exception to Section 375 of the IPC violates the fundamental rights of married women.
Challenge to Restitution of Conjugal Rights
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Ojaswa Pathak v Union of India
The Supreme Court will decide if the restitution of conjugal rights provisions under codified family laws are constitutional.
Criminalisation of Triple Talaq
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Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema v Union of India
The Court is hearing petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019.
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Which Constitution Bench judgements can we expect in the second half of 2024?
Before the Chief retires, benches led by him must deliver verdicts in cases about citizenship, reservation, tax, minority status and more
R. Sai Spandana and Shubh Naik
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2024 Summer Session Review
Nine-judge cases, a welcome check on the ED’s powers, a questionable arbitration order—it was action-packed summer at the top court
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“Ayodhya is a storm that will pass”: Justice Ahmadi on his 1993 dissent
An excerpt from CJI Ahmadi’s biography written by his granddaughter captures the pressures of being a dissenting judge in a landmark case
Analysis
Next 8 Chief Justices of India
If the seniority principle is followed, these 8 Judges will lead the Supreme Court of India as Chief Justice till 2031.
Analysis
A decade in incarceration: How justice failed Professor G.N. Saibaba
Saibaba speaks about how bail for the marginalised is a major blind spot for the Courts
Analysis
Supreme Court holds that viewing, storing and possessing ‘child pornography’ is punishable under POCSO Act; overturns Madras HC decision
With this decision, India joins an exclusive club of jurisdictions which have explicitly criminalised watching child pornographic material