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Supreme Court Review 2025: Walking the tightrope of jail and bail

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

Namrata Banerjee

24th Dec 2025

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Supreme Court quashes preventive detention of law student, says it cannot be invoked for breaking ‘law and order’

It clarified that the law on preventive detention can be used only when there is a threat to ‘public order’

V. Venkatesan

28th Jun 2025

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Article 21 right to life

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The right to life and personal liberty under Article 21: A timeline

50 years since the Emergency, SCO traces the Court’s gradual expansion of the right to life and personal liberty

SCO Team

26th Jun 2025

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The constitutional sanction for preventive detention reeks of a fear of freedom

On the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, it’s clear that half-hearted attempts to ‘reform’ Article 22 won’t cut it—deletion is the answer

V. Krishna Ananth

26th Jun 2025

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