Hearing Reports
Hearing Reports
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
Hearing Reports
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
Hearing Reports
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
Hearing Reports
Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar | Day 16: SC asks petitioners to avoid directing “sweeping assertions” against the Election Commission
Petitioners argued that reasons such as “rapid urbanisation” and “migration” are not sufficient to warrant an intensive revision of rolls
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SCO.LR | Volume 12 | Issue 3
In this Issue of SCO.LR, we bring you five important judgements from 8 December to 13 December 2025
Analysis
Lifting the veil
A habeas plea concerning five missing Rohingyas has led to concerns on the safeguards owed to non-citizens.
Dec 15, 2025
Discrimination in prisons | Day 2
Dec 11, 2025
Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar | Day 19
Dec 11, 2025
Challenge to the Election Commissioners Act, 2023 | Day 2
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Pending
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.
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
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.
Featured
Article 21 remains a divided promise in the Supreme Court’s bail jurisprudence
The selective reading of liberty in UAPA and PMLA cases hinges on the accused’s identity. A ‘Khalid Test’ could offer a course correction
Spotlight
Should certain provisions of the RTE Act apply to Minority Educational Institutions?
By referring its verdict in ‘Pramati’ to a larger Bench, the SC has opened the door to a more egalitarian reading of the right to education
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Court Data
Number of Times Impeachment Proceedings were Initiated against a SC or HC Judge
Impeachment proceedings against SC or HC judges initiated a total of 5 times in Indian history.
Analysis
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
Analysis
Supreme Court’s latest order keeps stray dog issue on a short leash
The ‘institutional area’ carve-out shields campuses and transport hubs from returning stray dogs, reviving concerns about harshness
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