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Supreme Court reserves judgement in Arvind Kejriwal’s plea for bail from CBI arrest
70 days after his arrest by the CBI, Kejriwal relied on three favourable bail orders in his ED case to argue for interim bail
5th Sep 2024

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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
31st Aug 2024

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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
31st Aug 2024

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Justice Hima Kohli: Tenure in numbers
In a tenure spanning three years, Justice Kohli authored 40 judgements and was a part of 208 benches
30th Aug 2024

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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
30th Aug 2024

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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
27th Aug 2024

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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.
27th Aug 2024

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‘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
25th Aug 2024