Hearing Reports
Hearing Reports
Kerala Governor’s Withholding of Bills | Day 5: “Why is the Court hesitating to allow the state to withdraw the case?” Kerala asks
The Kerala Government sought to withdraw the case and argued that there was no rationale for the Governor’s request for more time
Hearing Reports
Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar | Day 1: Petitioner’s apprehensions about SIR are “speculative,” says ECI
Petitioners argued that the ECI had breached its powers by undertaking an exercise to assess citizenship under the guise of roll revision
Hearing Reports
Constitutionality of Waqf Amendment Act | Arguments Matrix on Interim Stay
We summarise key arguments by the petitioners and the Union on whether an interim stay should be imposed on the 2025 Amendment Act
Hearing Reports
Challenge to Union’s 2016 Demonetisation Scheme | Judgement Summary
We summarise the 382-page judgement which upheld the Union’s 2016 Demonetisation Scheme in a 4:1 majority
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Analysis
Supreme Court Half Yearly 2025: Freedom of Speech
The Court acted with a mix of pragamatism and paternalism in free speech cases in the first half of 2025
Court Data
June 2025: Supreme Court records highest pendency of the year so far
In a month where the Court operated partially, pending cases crossed the 85,000 mark
Jul 17, 2025
Discrimination in prisons | Day 2
Jul 16, 2025
PMLA Judgement Review | Day 1
Jul 14, 2025
Kerala Governor’s Withholding of Bills | Day 5
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Pending
In re: Discrimination inside prisons in India
The Court is monitoring steps taken by the Union and state governments to address caste, gender and disability-based discrimination in Indian prisons.
Review of the SC’s ‘Vijay Madanlal’ judgement
Pending
Karti P. Chidambaram v Enforcement Directorate
The Supreme Court will partly review its decision in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary v Union of India, which upheld various provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
Pendency of bills before the Governor of Kerala
Pending
State of Kerala v Governor for State of Kerala
The Supreme Court will hear petitions from the Kerala government against the Governor of Kerala withholding assent on pending bills. 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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Chief-in-waiting: New door opened by Collegium in its Justice Bagchi recommendation
If ‘in-line-to-be-CJI’ is now a relevant consideration for SC elevation, we examine how the Collegium might have picked Justice Bagchi
Spotlight
What’s new in the Supreme Court’s latest transparency initiative?
We examine whether the documents released by the Court earlier this week reveal information that was not already in the public domain
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Analysis
A curious reference at the Allahabad High Court
When an SC precedent exists, should an HC Bench refer the case to a larger Bench to explicitly overrule a conflicting verdict in that HC?
Analysis
‘Bhushan Steel’ Judgement: Commercial wisdom sidelined in favour of narrow procedural view
By unravelling an elaborate resolution process under the Insolvency Code, the Supreme Court verdict has created uncertainty among investors
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R.G. Kar Medical College rape and murder case: Updates from the Supreme Court
Everything that happened at the Supreme Court over five days of hearings in the R.G. Kar rape and murder 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.