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How Supreme Court judges got their law clerks
An excerpt from CJI Ahmadi’s biography written by his granddaughter tells us about his role in starting the judicial clerkship programme
7th Oct 2024
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“Ayodhya is a storm that will pass”: Justice Ahmadi on his 1993 dissent
An excerpt from CJI Ahmadi’s biography written by his granddaughter captures the pressures of being a dissenting judge in a landmark case
7th Oct 2024
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The many discretions of ‘complete justice’
The Court has often clarified that Article 142 is not an overriding provision, but the fact is that it has sometimes operated as one
6th Oct 2024
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Supreme Court reserves judgement in ‘Bulldozer Action’ case; stay on demolitions remains
As the Court discussed suggestions for ‘pan-India’ guidelines, it stopped the UN Special Rapporteur on Housing from intervening
3rd Oct 2024
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Monthly Review: September 2024
In September, the Court granted bail to two state ministers and heard cases on the R.G. Kar incident, bulldozer demolitions and child rights
3rd Oct 2024
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Arvind Kejriwal in the Supreme Court: A timeline
We map the sequence of events at the Supreme Court over six months which led to Kejriwal’s release in the liquor policy scam
3rd Oct 2024
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Kolkata rape and murder case | “Why is the progress so tardy?” Supreme Court asks West Bengal government
The bench reviewed the CBI’s fourth status report in the case and stressed that the deceased doctor’s identity be protected
30th Sep 2024
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SC hearings on ‘Bulldozer Justice’: What has happened so far?
Before the top court takes up the matter again on 1 October, a brief run-through on what the courts have said about illegal demolitions
30th Sep 2024