Analysis

DESK BRIEF: A conversation with Dr. Aparna Chandra on "Court on Trial: A Data-Driven Account of the Supreme Court of India"

After a split verdict on aborting a 26-week pregnancy, CJI told lawyers to counsel the petitioner to continue the pregnancy for 8 more weeks

Arguments on Day 2 centred on whether the validity of the agreement is a matter for the Court to decide or the arbitral tribunal

The cases touch upon key issues like defection by members of legislature, freedom of press, and ‘first preference’ to backward classes

The nine-judge bench will hear cases on rights of landowners, taxation, power of the state to levy excise fee and industrial disputes

A curable defect in procedure cannot render the arbitration agreement void, petitioners argue

In a month marked by Constitution Bench activity, the Court also heard critical matters on convict remission policy and the Manipur violence

DESK BRIEF: Recently, it seems that the prescriptive aspect of Article 19 is only a poetic indulgence when faced with media rights