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Women in the Supreme Court

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And then there were two

75 years and 276 judges later, the number of women at the top court remains a shocking low of 4 percent

Gauri Kashyap

31st Aug 2024

50 percent

Analysis

An opportunity for the Court to reconsider the 50 percent reservation ceiling of ‘Indra Sawhney’

The Bihar government has appealed the High Court’s decision striking down amendments providing 65 percent reservation for backward classes

Sushovan Patnaik

31st Aug 2024

kohli

Analysis

Justice Hima Kohli: Tenure in numbers

In a tenure spanning three years, Justice Kohli authored 40 judgements and was a part of 208 benches

Advay Vora

30th Aug 2024

Justice Hima Kohli, Notable judgements

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Justice Hima Kohli’s Notable Judgements

From marriage equality to a split decision on abortion, Justice Kohli had judicial record which traced a diverse range of decisions

Sushovan Patnaik

30th Aug 2024

West Bengal Original Suit CBI (1)

Analysis

What is West Bengal’s Original Suit challenging CBI’s jurisdiction about?

An explainer on the top Court’s decision to uphold the maintainability of the suit, and its consequences for law, order and federalism

Sushovan Patnaik

27th Aug 2024

bench sizes

Analysis

The large and small of it: the Supreme Court on bench sizes

Two recent dissents raised the question about smaller benches referring matters to larger benches. We look at the Court’s jurisprudence.

Kevin Sebastian

27th Aug 2024

suo moto

Analysis

‘Enlightened liberality’ and suo moto powers

It may be cynical to view the Supreme Court’s suo moto cognisance of the Kolkata rape and murder case merely as an optics game

R. Sai Spandana

25th Aug 2024

mineral

Analysis

‘Race to the bottom’: The possible consequences of the mineral royalty judgement

The retrospective application of the decision to allow states to tax mines and minerals could have first- and second-order economic impacts

M. Jannani

23rd Aug 2024