Hearing Reports
Hearing Reports
Challenge to Anti-Conversion Laws | Day 2: Laws criminalising conversion as severe as PMLA and TADA, petitioners argue
The Court admitted fresh applications challenging amendments that were made to states’ anti-conversion laws since 2020
Hearing Reports
Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar | Day 9: SC declines to modify interim order permitting Aadhaar as valid ID in SIR exercise
The Bench observed that documents like the Aadhaar and driving licences were permitted by the law and could not be excluded by the ECI
Hearing Reports
Supreme Court stays key provisions of the Waqf Amendment Act 2025
The Bench stayed the 5-year practice requirement and the provision around a property ceasing to be a Waqf while an officer investigates
Hearing Reports
Recruitment of judicial officers as District Judges under Bar quota | Constitution Bench to commence arguments from 23 September
The Court had referred the case to a larger bench based on an appeal from a judicial officer whose selection was set aside
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Analysis
What the Justice Pancholi elevation reveals about the Supreme Court
The unexplained elevation of the judge in the face of a strong dissent in the Collegium has further eroded the Court’s credibility
Analysis
SCO.LR | 2025 | Volume 9 | Issue 3
In this Issue of SCO.LR, we bring you five important judgements from 8 September to 13 September 2025
Sep 16, 2025
Anti-conversion laws | Day 2
Sep 16, 2025
Climate Change Obligations of the State | Day 1
Oct 7, 2025
Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar | Day 10
View allConstitutionality of Anti-Conversion Laws
Pending
Citizens for Justice and Peace v State of Uttar Pradesh
The Court will decide if the anti-conversion laws passed by multiple States including Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are constitutionally valid.
Climate Change Obligations of the State
Pending
Ridhima Pandey v Union of India
The Supreme Court will examine India’s international climate obligations and the government’s compliance with enforceable statutory and institutional measures under Article 21
Challenge to the ECI’s Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar
Pending
Association for Democratic Reforms v Election Commission of India
The Supreme Court will decide if the ECI’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls is arbitrary and unconstitutional
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Chief-in-waiting: New door opened by Collegium in its Justice Bagchi recommendation
If ‘in-line-to-be-CJI’ is now a relevant consideration for SC elevation, we examine how the Collegium might have picked Justice Bagchi
Spotlight
What’s new in the Supreme Court’s latest transparency initiative?
We examine whether the documents released by the Court earlier this week reveal information that was not already in the public domain
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Analysis
Next 8 Chief Justices of India
If the seniority principle is followed, these 8 Judges will lead the Supreme Court of India as Chief Justice till 2031.
Analysis
Umar Khalid’s Bail Application Tracker
A year after Umar Khalid appealed a Trial Court order that had denied him bail, the Delhi High Court rejected his bail plea
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
Analysis
B.R. Gavai, the first Buddhist and second Dalit Chief Justice of India
The new CJI has a reputation of having a sound grounding in the law and Constitution. What are the opportunities and challenges he faces?