Hearing Reports
Hearing Reports
SC issues notice on UBT Shiv Sena’s plea challenging Speaker’s recognition of merger of six Lok Sabha MPs
The plea challenges the Speaker’s decision recognising six MPs as part of the Shinde-led Shiv Sena ahead of the Monsoon Session
Hearing Reports
Sabarimala Reference | Argument Summary
The Bench heard arguments on PIL jurisdiction, religious autonomy, constitutional morality, and essential religious practices.
Hearing Reports
Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar | Judgement Summary
The Bench held that verification of citizenship for electoral purposes falls within its constitutional mandate
Hearing Reports
Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar | Judgement Matrix
A snapshot of the key holdings made by the Supreme Court in the 124-page judgement upholding the Bihar SIR exercise
Swearing-in Ceremony
Court Data
Sabarimala reference | Who on the Bench engaged, and when
Across 16 days, the nine judges spoke 91,297 words — 16 per cent of the hearing. Four judges supplied nine-tenths of it
Analysis
Bulldozer demolitions | A guideline without a forum
The Court’s decision to relegate bulldozer contempt pleas to the High Courts reopens a question about the reach of its own directions
May 27, 2026
Revision of Electoral Rolls | Judgement Pronouncement
May 27, 2026
ECI Appointments Act, 2023 | Day 5
May 14, 2026
Sabarimala Reference | Day 16
View allChallenge to the ECI’s Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar
Decided
Association for Democratic Reforms v Election Commission of India
The Supreme Court upheld the ECI’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar, stating that the measures adopted by the ECI were not excessive and manifestly arbitrary
Challenges to the Appointment of Election Commissioners Act, 2023
Pending
Jaya Thakur v Union of India
The Supreme Court will decide if the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioner Act, 2023 is contrary to the Constitution Bench decision in Anoop Baranwal (2023). The Act sets up a committee to nominate members to the ECI.
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
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The Master and the machine
Legal professionals voice their views as AI enters the listing game.
Namrata Banerjee
Spotlight
Essential Religious Practices: Court in Review
The evolution of Supreme Court jurisprudence on the essential religious practices (ERP) doctrine over 19 cases
