Case Archive

Union of India v Union Carbide

The Supreme Court will reconsider the compensation granted to victims of Bhopal Gas Tragedy in 1989

Jarnail Singh v Lacchmi Narain Gupta

The Court looked into whether reservations for SCs and STs should extend to promotions, by assessing its 2006 Nagaraj judgment. It will now give clarifications on its 2018 judgment. The clarifications will determine how inadequate representation can be quantified through data.

Shilpa Sailesh v Varun Sreenivasan

The Supreme Court will decide if it can directly grant divorce by using Article 142 without referring parties to the Family Court

Madras Bar Association v Union of India

The Court will decide whether the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021 should be struck down since it contains the provisions that were held to be unconstitutional in Madras Bar Association v Union of India (2021). The outcome of the judgment will have repercussions on the functioning of various tribunals and overall case pendency as well.

Central Board Of Dawoodi Bohra Community v State Of Maharashtra

The Supreme Court will decide if excommunication can continue as a ‘protected right’ of the Dawoodi Bohra community. The Court will have the opportunity to provide clarity on the controversial Essential Religious Practices test through this case.

Bar Council of India v Bonnie FOI Law College

The Supreme Court will decide if the Bar Council of India can create pre-enrollment and post-enrollment qualification criteria for advocates. The outcome of this case will determine if the Bar Council of India has powers to introduce entry barriers to candidates who wish to practise law.

C.B.I. v R.R. Kishore

The SC will determine if immunity against arrest extends to older pending cases after the provision granting immunity was struck down

Central Public Information Officer, Supreme Court of India v Subhash Chandra Agarwal

The Supreme Court held that the need for judicial independence does not stand in contradiction with that for transparency.

Oil And Natural Gas Corporation v Afcons Gunanusa JV

The Supreme Court decided that party autonomy is paramount in arbitrations. Arbitrators, therefore, cannot decide their fees unilaterally.

Sandeep Vinod Kumar Singh v Election Commission of India

A 3 Judge Bench of the Supreme Court chose not to interfere with an order passed by the Election Commission of India stalling the release of the PM Narendra Modi biopic.