We bring you the key highlights from the first week of the Supreme Court’s new term

The Court acted with a mix of pragamatism and paternalism in free speech cases in the first half of 2025

In this Issue of SCO.LR, we bring you five bonus unmissable judgements from January to May 2025

The Supreme Court recognised the court’s limited power to modify arbitral awards and reiterated party autonomy in arbitration

June 2025 saw the retirement of Justice BM Trivedi; partial working day benches took up key matters on free speech, detention and bail

In this Issue of SCO.LR, we summarise five significant and unmissable bonus judgements from January to May 2025

The top court is often criticised for its long breaks. We look at the number of working days to see if the breaks are really too long

With Justice BR Gavai taking over as Chief Justice of India and three new appointments, the top court has new faces on the bench this summer

For the first time in six years, the Court saw a decline in pending cases in May 2025

The new nomenclature for Vacation Benches has not changed the Supreme Court’s perception about its functioning during summer

In April 2025, the Court instituted 1,589 fewer cases and disposed of 1,533 fewer cases compared to March

Transparency moves, pollution enforcement, Governor’s powers tested, and a key arbitration judgment shaped April at the Supreme Court