Case Archive

Foundation for Media Professionals v Union of India

The Supreme Court is hearing a petition by the Foundation for Media Professionals requesting model guidelines regulating search and seizure of digital devices

Hindu Dharma Parishad v Union of India

The Court will decide whether administrative action preventing the lighting of Karthigai Deepam violates Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution

Rahul Ramesh Wagh v State of Maharashtra

The Court will decide whether 27 per cent OBC reservations in the Maharashtra local body elections breach the 50 per cent reservation ceiling.

Umar Khalid & Ors. v State (NCT of Delhi)

The Supreme Court denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam. It granted bail to five others: Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa Ur Rehman, Mohd Saleem Khan and Shadab Ahmed

Benazeer Heena v Union of India

The Supreme Court will decide whether Talaq-e-Hasan under Muslim personal law violates Articles 14, 15, 21 and 25 of the Constitution.

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.

Re: Assent, Withholding, or Reservation of Bills by the Governor and President of India

A five-judge Constitution Bench held that the Governor can exercise three options on bills presented for assent and cannot withhold them indefinitely. It also held that the actions of the Governor and President are non-justiciable

Madras Bar Association v Union of India

The Court struck down provisions of the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021 on the ground that Parliament had reintroduced provisions that were previously declared unconstitutional by the Court.

All India Judges Association v Union of India

A five-judge Constitution Bench framed binding guidelines for determining seniority in the Higher Judicial Service.

Anjali Bharadwaj v Union of India

The Court is monitoring the steps taken by the Union and State governments to fill vacancies in the Central and State Information Commissions.