From rising pendency to fewer Constitution Benches, from cash-in-an-outhouse to a Collegium dissent, our reporter reviews the year in the SC

The Court served up a mixed bag of bail orders—some baffling for their onerousness and others providing relief before the start of trial

Petitioners challenged detention, citing prolonged investigation and repeated supplementary chargesheets

Petitioners attacked “speeches-as-conspiracy” and asked why UAPA custody continues without a single overt act

A two-judge Bench expresses its unease at the Supreme Court reversing its own verdicts outside review and curative jurisdictions

The prosecution pressed applicability of UAPA’s bar on bail and alleged that the accused were supported by a funding network

Delhi Police argues videos, chats and witness accounts expose real objective of regime change

As the Supreme Court considers the bail plea of Umar Khalid, here’s a ready-reckoner of relevant verdicts from the last couple of years

The selective reading of liberty in UAPA and PMLA cases hinges on the accused’s identity. A ‘Khalid Test’ could offer a course correction

Umar Khalid has been in custody since September 2020 over conspiracy charges in the 2020 Delhi riots, with repeated rejection of bail pleas

The Court in the first half of 2025 displayed a patchwork of standards on bail and personal liberty

The Bench rebuked prison authorities for delaying release on “hyper-technical” grounds