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Analysis

An exercise in introspection

Justice Bhuyan’s recent speech brought back questions on public engagements by judges

Debjani M

1st Aug 2026

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Monthly Review: July 2026

Despite two-weeks of partial working days, the Court resumed full steam ahead in July

Debjani M

30th Jul 2026

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Should every High Court order granting bail travel to the Supreme Court?

The top court asks whether an error in the order granting bail alone can justify re-incarcerating an accused.

V. Venkatesan

28th Jul 2026

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Can a court forbid a future bail plea?

The Supreme Court will decide whether a judge may bar an accused from renewing a bail plea for a specified period

V. Venkatesan

1st Jul 2026

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Channel

The first half: A Court under strain

As the Court's strength rises to 38, old cases, open questions and new controversies crowd its attention

SCO Team

29th Jun 2026

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2026 Supreme Court mid-year review: Bail

Recognising unresolved questions in bail jurisprudence, the top court signalled its intent to arrive at uniformity

Analysis

Part 2 | Andrabi engages with the Union’s deferring tactic in UAPA bail cases

The Union’s approach to defer bail pleas by a year was rejected by the Bench, paving the way for bail under the stringent statute

Sarthak Gupta

11th Jun 2026

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Analysis

Part 1 | Andrabi’s unprecedented reliance on conviction data for granting bail under UAPA

The UAPA reference on the face of it has to only weigh the liberty consideration. Five years worth of cases suggest more nuances

Sarthak Gupta

11th Jun 2026

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Analysis

The first half: A Court under strain

As the Court's strength rises to 38, old cases, open questions and new controversies crowd its attention

Namrata Banerjee

8th Jun 2026

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Analysis

SC seeks reference to a larger Bench to resolve UAPA bail divergence

Two coordinate Benches read K.A. Najeeb differently; the Court referred the question and granted interim bail to two accused.

V. Venkatesan

23rd May 2026

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Analysis

Sedition in abeyance, but not in limbo

The Court's clarification protects accused persons trapped by its 2022 freeze, but the constitutional question lingers

V. Venkatesan

22nd May 2026

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The Supreme Court’s rebuke to a broom-bearing bail Order

As the Court voids unfair bail conditions in Odisha, deeper structural diagnosis remains untouched

V. Venkatesan

8th May 2026

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cases

Umar Khalid & Ors. v State (NCT of Delhi)

The Supreme Court denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam. It granted bail to five others: Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa Ur Rehman, Mohd Saleem Khan and Shadab Ahmed

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Bench:Aravind Kumar J, N.V. Anjaria J

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Arvind Kejriwal v Directorate of Enforcement

The Supreme Court will consider whether the ‘need and necessity of arrest’ is a distinct ground to challenge the validity of an arrest under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002

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Bench:Sanjiv Khanna CJI, Dipankar Datta J

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Mukesh v State of Tripura

The petitioners withdrew the petition from the Supreme Court to approach the Tripura High Court in the case.

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Bench:B.M. Trivedi J, Pankaj Mithal J

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