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Article 21 right to life

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

SCO Team

26th Jun 2025

release

Analysis

Supreme Court grants ₹5 lakhs compensation for delay in prisoner’s release after bail

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

V. Venkatesan

26th Jun 2025

Analysis

The constitutional sanction for preventive detention reeks of a fear of freedom

On the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, it’s clear that half-hearted attempts to ‘reform’ Article 22 won’t cut it—deletion is the answer

V. Krishna Ananth

26th Jun 2025

liberties

Analysis

On civil liberties and the Supreme Court, there is little to celebrate since the Emergency

Fifty years since the Emergency, a reflection on personal liberty from the lens of the UNHRC’s periodic review of ICCPR implementation

Ravi Nair

25th Jun 2025

Judgement

Analysis

SCO.LR | 2025 | Volume 6 | Issue 3

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

SCO Team

23rd Jun 2025

Veritaserum, Narco analysis test

Analysis

The Right to Truth (Serum)

The Supreme Court clarified whether an accused person had a right seek a voluntary narco-analysis test to lead evidence

Gauri Kashyap

23rd Jun 2025

report

Analysis

Justice Varma had ‘covert or active control’ of store room, finds committee

The in-house committee set up by CJI Khanna also found evidence of cash being removed from the store room in the early hours of 15 March

R. Sai Spandana

20th Jun 2025

Thug Life

Analysis

Parties agree before SC to support safe release of ‘Thug Life’ in Karnataka

The Court refrained from laying down guidelines or imposing costs on those stalling the release of the movie

V. Venkatesan

19th Jun 2025