Hearing Reports
Hearing Reports
Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar | Day 20: Supreme Court declines to rely on news reports of mass deletion notices
A news report alleging that over 10 lakh voters in Bihar received pre-filled deletion notices under the SIR was placed before the Court
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Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar | Day 19: “If rolls are copy-pasted year after year, what happens?” CJI asks
It was argued that general claims of migration and demographic shifts are insufficient grounds for an intensive revision of rolls
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Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar | Day 18: “The burden is on the State to prove you are not a citizen,” petitioners argue
Petitioners argued that Parliament set out the mechanism for deciding non citizenship and the SIR wrongly shifts the burden to the voter
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Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar | Day 17: SC stresses State role in easing BLO hardship during SIR
Petitioners argued that the SIR unlawfully removed existing voters and imposed burdens not required under the Representation of People Act
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Umar Khalid’s Bail Application Tracker
Tracking activist Umar Khalid's bail applications in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India
Analysis
Supreme Court stays Delhi HC suspension of Sengar’s life sentence
Sengar argued that the IPC definition of ‘public servant’ does not include an MLA; the CBI contended that it must be looked at contextually
Jan 5, 2026
Bail Applications in the Delhi Riots ‘Larger Conspiracy’ Case | Judgement Pronouncement
Dec 18, 2025
Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar | Day 21
Dec 15, 2025
Discrimination in prisons | Day 2
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Umar Khalid & Ors. v State (NCT of Delhi)
The Supreme Court denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam. It granted bail to five others: Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa Ur Rehman, Mohd Saleem Khan and Shadab Ahemd
Challenge to the ECI’s Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar
Pending
Association for Democratic Reforms v Election Commission of India
The Supreme Court will decide if the ECI’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls is arbitrary and unconstitutional
Discrimination in Prisons
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.
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The SC on bail under UAPA and PMLA: a dataset from 2024 and 2025
As the Supreme Court considers the bail plea of Umar Khalid, here’s a ready-reckoner of relevant verdicts from the last couple of years
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Seventy-Five years on: A Constitution still in negotiation
V. Krishna Ananth’s book argues that authoritative tools were a foundational compromise in the Constitution
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Supreme Court stays Delhi HC suspension of Sengar’s life sentence
Sengar argued that the IPC definition of ‘public servant’ does not include an MLA; the CBI contended that it must be looked at contextually
Analysis
Supreme Court Review: Top 10 judgements of 2025
This year had it all: fom a rare advisory opinion to intra-court reversals; from transgender rights to finer points on judge appointments
Analysis
Umar Khalid’s Bail Application Tracker
Tracking activist Umar Khalid's bail applications in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India
Analysis
Supreme Court Issues notice in Umar Khalid’s plea for bail
Umar Khalid has been in custody since September 2020 over conspiracy charges in the 2020 Delhi riots, with repeated rejection of bail pleas