In November 2025, the Court pendency inched closer to 91000, as institutions soared and disposals failed to keep up

An opinion on a Presidential Reference, two Constitution Bench judgements and the beginning of a long tenure for a new CJI

In September, the SC reserved judgement in two Constitution Bench matters and heard key cases on electoral revision, bail and animal welfare

This monsoon session, the Court heard two Constitution Bench cases, saw two new appointments and delivered key judgements

With a retirement, two new judges, a Presidential Reference and several other major cases, the top court had to juggle it all in August

With over 7000 new cases instituted, the trend of increasing case pendency at the Supreme Court continued in August 2025

The number of cases instituted increased, the disposal rate dropped and the pendency increased by 1900 cases since June

A presidential reference, a voter list revision in Bihar, free speech jurisprudence—July was a busy month for the SC and the SCO

In this Issue of SCO.LR, we summarise five significant and unmissable judgements from 21 July to 26 July 2025

In this Issue of SCO.LR, we summarise five significant and unmissable judgements from 14 July to 19 July 2025

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