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Analysis
PMLA and the Supreme Court: A Timeline from Vijay Madanlal
SCO tracks how the Supreme Court may have brought incremental relaxations to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act since 2022
Analysis
In Prem Prakash, the Supreme Court takes another step away from Vijay Madanlal
By drawing on the ‘bail is rule, jail is exception’ proposition in a PMLA case again, the Court may have softened its 2022 interpretation
Analysis
Monthly Review: August 2024
Constitution Bench cases on affirmative action, mining taxes, arbitration and driving licences dominated the Court’s docket in August
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.
Hearing Reports
State’s power to tax to apply retrospectively | Order Summary
Favouring a retrospective effect, the SC noted that a prospective overruling was not “constitutionally just” towards the state governments