Analysis | Desk Brief

Curriculum under contempt

The Supreme Court’s order to ban a school textbook referring to judicial corruption tests the limits of its own free speech jurisprudence

SCO.LR

2026 | Volume 3 | Issue 1

In this issue of SCO.LR, we bring you five important judgements from 23 February to 28 February 2026

South Asian Constitutional Law Series

Pakistan: New court, old elite

Recent constitutional amendments have recalibrated the judicial role and entrenched the military’s influence on the political process

Analysis

SC reiterates that confession to Customs officer is admissible as evidence

This decision came in a 40-year-old smuggling case, where the officers have separately been accused of custodial torture of the confessor

Court Data

Dataset on medical termination of pregnancy beyond 24 weeks

Charting verdicts from 2021 in light of a recent Supreme Court decision to permit a 30-week termination

Definition of “Industry”

Pending

State of Uttar Pradesh v Jai Bir Singh

A nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court will reconsider its 1978 decision which gave a wide interpretation to the definition of 'industry' under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, leading to a higher standard of labour rights for more people..

Sabarimala Review

Pending

Kantaru Rajeevaru v Indian Young Lawyers’ Association

A nine-judge Constitution Bench will decide the correctness of a 2018 judgement which held that barring the entry of women in the Sabarimala Temple was unconstitutional

Citizenship Amendment Act

Pending

Indian Union Muslim League v Union of India

The Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.

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