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Supreme Court Review 2023
As 2023 ended, we at SCO thematically broke down what the Court said on key issues of the year
9th Jan 2024
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Supreme Court Review 2023: On Marriage
The SC said marriage age and rights of sexual minorities was in parliament‘s domain. It used its wide powers under Art. 142 to grant divorce
30th Dec 2023
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Monthly Review: October 2023
October saw the marriage equality judgement, revival of seven-judge benches, Justice Bhat’s retirement and more
3rd Nov 2023
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A Long Road to Nowhere: On the Many Disappointments of the Marriage Equality Case
The Court undertook a selective reading of its own jurisprudence while upholding the constitutionality of the Special Marriage Act
27th Oct 2023
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SCO Explains: A Chief Justice in the minority: Why does this matter?
15% of dissents by a Chief Justice in a Constitution Bench were in the last two years alone. What does this mean?
25th Oct 2023
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SCO Explains: The plea for marriage equality judgement
A five-judge bench rejected the plea for queer persons right to marry in India. What did the Court say?
23rd Oct 2023
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Shilpa Sailesh Judgment: A Step Towards No-Fault Divorce?
Is the SC's power to directly grant divorce in cases of irretrievable breakdown of marriage, a judicial quick fix to a legislative issue?
3rd Jun 2023
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The Uses and Abuses of Marital Privacy
How strong is the marital privacy argument to justify marital rape exception in a post-Puttaswamy era?
22nd May 2023
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Adjudicating Marriage Equality: An Opportunity Lost or a Bullet Dodged?
The SC’s decision to leave out personal laws from the scope of challenge in the marriage equality case presents an interesting conundrum.
24th Apr 2023
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State of Gujarat v Jamiat Ulama-E-Hind Gujarat & Ors
Special Leave Petition challenging the Gujarat High Court's Interim Order that upholds conversion during interfaith unions between adults in the state.
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Bench:Vikram Nath J, Krishna Murari J
Decriminalisation of Adultery
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Joseph Shine v Union of India
On September 27th 2018, the Court decriminalised adultery. On January 31st 2023, the Court clarified that decriminalising adultery did not impact members of the Armed Forces.
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Bench:K.M. Joseph J, Ajay Rastogi J, Aniruddha Bose J, Sanjiv Khanna J, C.T. Ravikumar J
Nandini Praveen v Union of India
The Supreme Court will decide whether certain provisions of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (‘Act’) violate Articles 14, 15, and 21 of the Constitution of India, 1950.
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Bench:V. Ramasubramanian J, A.S. Bopanna J,