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remarks

Analysis

Off the cuff

Casual remarks and comments are a part of the judicial discovery process. But propriety demands that judges be wary of tone and word choices

V. Venkatesan

10th Aug 2025

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defection

Analysis

‘Operation successful, patient alive’

By stipulating a timeline for the Speaker to rule on defection petitions, the Court went beyond ‘Shiv Sena’. Could it have gone further?

R. Sai Spandana

3rd Aug 2025

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Analysis

Justice Yashwant Varma moves the Supreme Court

His petition not only challenges the findings of the in-house committee in his case, but also the very basis of the procedure

V. Venkatesan

27th Jul 2025

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Analysis

The Court’s back!

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

Gauri Kashyap

20th Jul 2025

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Election Commission

Analysis

Trusting the Election Commission

In a hearing on electoral roll revision, the SC reiterated its inclination to trust the ECI, but not before offering friendly advice

Advay Vora

13th Jul 2025

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Veritaserum, Narco analysis test

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The Right to Truth (Serum)

The Supreme Court clarified whether an accused person had a right seek a voluntary narco-analysis test to lead evidence

Gauri Kashyap

23rd Jun 2025

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Analysis

A revenue ‘stream’ for states

A recent Supreme Court judgement upheld an added financial burden imposed by states on DTH providers through an “entertainment tax”

Advay Vora

15th Jun 2025

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vacation

Analysis

What’s in a name?

The Court’s rebranding of Vacation Benches is a response to public criticism. But the terms of the discourse need a fundamental shift

V. Venkatesan

2nd Jun 2025

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Tell me Why Mahmudabad Supreme Court Free Speech desk brief

Analysis

Tell me why

Professor A.K. Mahmudabad was jailed for a Facebook post. The Supreme Court has constituted a Special Investigation Team to decode it

Gauri Kashyap

25th May 2025

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Analysis

A quiet legacy

CJI Sanjiv Khanna's brief tenure may have lacked the pomp of the Chandrachud Court but was by no means uneventful

R. Sai Spandana

11th May 2025

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question

Analysis

A substantial question of law

Why wasn’t the TN Governor Case referred to a Constitution Bench?

V. Venkatesan

6th May 2025

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Waqf

Analysis

The Waqf challenges

The Supreme Court grants Union seven days to file response as petitioners allege ‘parliamentary usurpation of the faith of 200 million’

Advay Vora

20th Apr 2025

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