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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Supreme Court Review 2025: Testing the limits of free speech
In balancing institutional sensitivities with open dialogue, the Court’s focus was on how the legal process could create a chilling effect
Analysis
Supreme Court Review 2025: Seven new judges appointed to the top court
Two future Chief Justices of India were elevated in 2025; the year closed with 33 sitting judges
Dec 18, 2025
Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar | Day 21
Dec 15, 2025
Discrimination in prisons | Day 2
Dec 11, 2025
Challenge to the Election Commissioners Act, 2023 | Day 2
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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
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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.
Challenges to the Appointment of Election Commissioners Act, 2023
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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.
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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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Pendency in the Supreme Court: What went wrong in the Registry?
The Registry ran two special projects to make a dent in the caseload. But data on disposals suggests that these were not wise investments
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Manohar Lal Sharma: The man who kept knocking on the Supreme Court’s doors
What the career of the serial PIL petitioner—who passed away on 19 December—tells us about the contemporary Supreme Court
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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
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The next eight Chief Justices of India: 2025 to 2033
If the seniority principle is followed, these eight Judges will lead the Supreme Court of India as Chief Justice till 2033