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Fali Nariman

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Farewell Fali

A tribute to Fali Nariman, a commercial lawyer from Bombay who became one of India's finest constitutional law advocates

Vikram Shah

24th Feb 2024

sub-classification

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Five must-reads on sub-classification within reserved categories

A revisiting of the Chinnaiah judgement raises questions about sub-classification in reservations for Scheduled Castes

Sushovan Patnaik

22nd Feb 2024

Chandigarh mayoral ballot

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Supreme Court declares AAP’s Kuldeep Kumar as the Mayor of Chandigarh; sets aside old election results

The Bench led by the Chief Justice held the Presiding Officer accountable for ballot tampering and directed a show cause notice to be issued

R. Sai Spandana

20th Feb 2024

Electoral Bonds, SBI

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RTI, privacy, proportionality, empirical evidence…and AI transcripts—key themes from the Electoral Bonds judgement

We highlight four aspects that stood out to us in the Court’s ruling on the unconstitutionality of the Electoral Bonds Scheme

Advay Vora

20th Feb 2024

Chandigarh Mayoral Elections

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“Where is your power to mark the ballot papers?” Supreme Court asks Presiding Officer of Chandigarh mayoral election

The Court ordered all the ballot papers to be placed before it by 2:00pm tomorrow and directed their safe transport from Chandigarh

R. Sai Spandana

19th Feb 2024

Electoral Bonds, contempt petition, supreme court

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Proportionality: Tried and Tested

In ruling that the Electoral Bond Scheme is invalid, the Court applied the double proportionality test to balance between fundamental rights

Gauri Kashyap

19th Feb 2024

Aligarh Muslim University

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Nationalists, loyalists, religionists: The saga of Aligarh Muslim University

We summarise the key contentions in the Aligarh Muslim University minority status case

Advay Vora

17th Feb 2024

Analysis

Monthly Review: January 2024

In January, the Supreme Court had a Constitution Bench hearing, delivered a judgement in the Bilkis Bano remission case, & appointed a judge

Advay Vora and Gauri Kashyap

12th Feb 2024