Larger bench to examine Money Bill issue
RTI: Transparency a facet of judicial independence
Ayodhya title awarded to deity
Rafale review dismissed
Sabarimala review to be kept pending

Larger bench to examine Money Bill issue

A Constitution Bench referred to a larger bench the question of whether Part XIV of Finance Act, 2017 could have been passed as a Money Bill. Read our summary of the judgment.

RTI: Transparency a facet of judicial independence

A Constitution Bench has held that the CJI is a 'public authority' under the RTI Act. It upheld a 2009 CIC order requiring the Supreme Court CPIO to confirm whether judges had declared their personal assets to the CJI.

Ayodhya title awarded to deity

The Supreme Court has directed the State to grant the Sunni Waqf Board an alternate 5 acre plot, elsewhere in Ayodhya. Read our breakdown of the judgment.

Rafale review dismissed

The Supreme Court has declined to direct the CBI to file an FIR and conduct an investigation of the Rafale deal.

Sabarimala review to be kept pending

By a 3:2 majority, the Supreme Court directed that the Sabarimala review petitions be kept pending till certain questions related to right to religion are determined by a larger bench. Read our summary of the judgment.

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