Analysis

The Supreme Court called out the convicts' abuse of process in the Bilkis Bano case

The Supreme Court delivered 18 Constitution Bench decisions in 2023. SCO lists them all

The author of ‘India’s Communal Constitution’ on the balance between individual rights, religious identities and the Uniform Civil Code

The Court set aside a Bombay High Court direction to hold the election to replace Late Member of Parliament Girish Bapat immediately.

As 2023 ended, we at SCO thematically broke down what the Court said on key issues of the year

In two Constitution Bench cases, the Court clarified centre-state relationships in an asymmetric federal structure

The Court’s performance this year was more defined by what it didn’t do than what it did—no hearing for the Hijab Ban and Sabarimala cases

Even in a mostly full-strength Court, there was a startling lack of representation of religious minorities, women & marginalised communities