Analysis

A five-judge special bench expunged the observations made against the top court by Justice Sehrawat of the Punjab and Haryana High Court

While upholding sub-classification for the SC/ST categories, the Court noted that there are varying degrees of backwardness within the group

The Court has directed the Committee to submit a status and compliance report by 30 September

The DMRC curative judgement was in step with India’s arbitration legislation, which codifies the qualifications to the doctrine of finality

The Bihar government has appealed against a Patna HC decision which declared its 65 percent reservation in the state as unconstitutional

The top court dismissed the Enforcement Directorate’s challenge to the High Court’s order reasoning that it was “well reasoned”

Supreme Court sets up Special Lok Adalat to hear and clear cases with “elements of settlement,” commemorating its 75th anniversary

A nine-judge bench in one of the longest pending cases confirmed that only states have the power to tax mineral-bearing land