Hearing Reports
Hearing Reports
Supreme Court stays key provisions of the Waqf Amendment Act 2025
The Bench stayed the 5-year practice requirement and the provision around a property ceasing to be a Waqf while an officer investigates
Hearing Reports
Recruitment of judicial officers as District Judges under Bar quota | Constitution Bench to commence arguments from 23 September
The Court had referred the case to a larger bench based on an appeal from a judicial officer whose selection was set aside
Hearing Reports
Governor and President’s Powers | Arguments Matrix
Our matrix gives a snapshot of arguments presented by the parties in the Presidential Reference on the powers of Governor and President
Hearing Reports
Governor and President’s Powers | Day 12: Union opposes imposition of rigid timelines; Bench reserves judgement
The Union stressed that nearly 90 percent of all Bills have received assent within a month
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Analysis
Covering the Court
Logging into the Supreme Court is like doing a mic check on the sound quality of India’s democracy
Analysis
Monthly Review: August 2025
With a retirement, two new judges, a Presidential Reference and several other major cases, the top court had to juggle it all in August
Sep 15, 2025
Constitutionality of Waqf Amendment Act | Judgement
Sep 15, 2025
Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar | Day 9
Oct 14, 2025
Reasonable work hours for residential doctors | Day 1
View allConstitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025
Pending
In re: Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025
The Court will decide whether the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, violates the freedom of religious denominations to manage their affairs. The decision will determine the degree of the Union’s control over the management of Waqf properties.
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
Reasonable Work Hours for Resident Doctors
Pending
United Doctors Front v Union of India
The Supreme Court will decide if continued violation of duty-hour norms breach resident doctors’ fundamental rights under Article 21
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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
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.
Analysis
Umar Khalid’s Bail Application Tracker
A year after Umar Khalid appealed a Trial Court order that had denied him bail, the Delhi High Court rejected his bail plea
Analysis
The right to life and personal liberty under Article 21: A timeline
50 years since the Emergency, SCO traces the Court’s gradual expansion of the right to life and personal liberty
Analysis
B.R. Gavai, the first Buddhist and second Dalit Chief Justice of India
The new CJI has a reputation of having a sound grounding in the law and Constitution. What are the opportunities and challenges he faces?