Analysis

In this Issue of SCO.LR, we summarise five significant and unmissable bonus judgements from January to May 2025

The new system aims to do away with the overlaps of the old one. We asked Advocates on Record whether it has reduced friction in filing

The Emergency left deep scars on the judiciary—it took until the 1990s for the Supreme Court to acknowledge and respond to those compromises

It clarified that the law on preventive detention can be used only when there is a threat to ‘public order’

Recently, the Indian President referred questions to the SC. It’s an opportunity to revisit an instance in another country at another time

The reference to the SC amounts to relitigating questions on the scope of presidential and gubernatorial powers around assent to state Bills

50 years since the Emergency, SCO traces the Court’s gradual expansion of the right to life and personal liberty

The Bench rebuked prison authorities for delaying release on “hyper-technical” grounds