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On the occasion of Justice Indira Banerjee’s retirement, SCO reports on the numerical highlights of her tenure.

The Supreme Court heard the Union’s defence in the constitutional challenge to EWS reservations and the Karnataka government's arguments in

The District Court’s decision to admit Hindu women’s plea to worship at mosque site appears to chip away at the Places of Worship Act

Pending Constitution Bench cases took the spotlight in August while the SC also heard matters on privacy, politics and bail

A 2-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court Heard Arguments Seeking a Constitution Bench Referral For the Hijab Ban Challenge

SCO compared the rate of authoring judgments of the last 10 Chief Justices before and after their appointment as CJI

Justice U.U. Lalit is set to take over the reins at the Supreme Court. What will his 74 day tenure look like?

The Supreme Court delivered a landmark Judgment recognising the Right to Privacy as a Fundamental Right under the Constitution

Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad read Sharjeel Imam’s speeches from January 2020 before the Delhi HC.

SC Judges claim that the Court’s 6-week summer vacation aids judgment writing. We look at data on Judgments written during this period.

DESK BRIEF: In Week 31 of 2022, the Supreme Court heard matters on bail, political defection, privacy and retirement

Justice Khanwilkar became the fourth Judge to retire from the SC in 2022. SCO reviewed his tenure in numbers.

The SC granted bail to Mohd. Zubair over the FIRs filed against his tweets and said that the power of arrest must be pursued sparingly.

The SC asked the Centre to provide information on state-wise compliance with the Court’s earlier decisions on hate speech

On June 25th 2022, activist Teesta Setalvad was arrested based on the Zakia Jafri Judgment

One month into summer vacation, the SC continued to pass important judgments in 'urgent' and pending matters

On March 16th 2022, the SC upheld the OROP policy as proposed by the Union Government.

In light of the widespread violence during the Agnipath Scheme protests, a PIL has been filed before the SC seeking an SIT probe

Pendency in recent years has been on an aggressive rise at the Supreme Court due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

In 2020, 720 litigants were granted free legal aid and 572 cases were filed through the SCLSC.

Witness statement unreliable, Sessions Court Judge erred in denying bail to Mr. Khalid, claims Sr. Adv. Trideep Pais.

Out of the 5,585 RTI applications received in 2020 and 2021, the SC rejected 537 with a majority coming under the 'Other' category.

We break down the 2020 Amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, and the SC's decision upholding the Amendments.

DESK BRIEF: The Supreme Court's backlog continues to rise as cases take longer to be disposed of

Benches led by Justice L.N. Rao will decide key questions on reservations in promotion and rights of gig workers

The SC’s clearance rate dropped to its lowest in 33 years.

Congestion at the SC sees a fourfold increase over the course of a decade reaching numbers not seen in over 30 years.

We discuss the expected tenures of the next seven CJIs in this post.