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Hearing Reports
Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar | Day 9: SC declines to modify interim order permitting Aadhaar as valid ID in SIR exercise
The Bench observed that documents like the Aadhaar and driving licences were permitted by the law and could not be excluded by the ECI

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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

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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

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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
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SCO.LR | 2025 | Volume 9 | Issue 3
In this Issue of SCO.LR, we bring you five important judgements from 8 September to 13 September 2025

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Covering the Court
Logging into the Supreme Court is like doing a mic check on the sound quality of India’s democracy
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
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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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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.

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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

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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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R.G. Kar Medical College rape and murder case: Updates from the Supreme Court
Everything that happened at the Supreme Court over five days of hearings in the R.G. Kar rape and murder case