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Supreme Court to decide whether private property is a “material resource of the community”
The other key question is whether a law advancing wealth redistribution DPSPs can be challenged on grounds of inconsistency with Part III
4th Nov 2024
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5 upcoming Constitution Bench judgements before CJI D.Y. Chandrachud retires
Benches led by CJI Chandrachud are expected to deliver five judgements on matters of minority status, arbitration and public employment
4th Nov 2024
Analysis
The end of the Chandrachud era
Analysing the tenure of the longest-serving Chief Justice since 2012 doesn’t lend itself to easy generalisations and pithy one-liners
3rd Nov 2024
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Justice Khanna’s era begins
As the incoming Chief Justice, Sanjiv Khanna has the enviable task of balancing continuity with fresh reforms
31st Oct 2024
Analysis
Whose power is it anyway?
Justice Nagarathna’s dissents in two recent Constitution Bench matters may suggest that achieving ‘federal balance’ is a delicate thing
28th Oct 2024
Analysis
Supreme Court strikes down rules perpetuating caste based segregation and discrimination in prisons | Judgement Summary
We summarise the 148 page landmark ruling that has directed amendments to prison manuals within three months
25th Oct 2024
Analysis
What is ‘temporal unreasonableness’ in constitutional law?
In a dissent in the Assam citizenship case, Justice Pardiwala proposed it as a ‘third prong’ to test the arbitrariness of a law. We explain.
23rd Oct 2024
From the editor's desk
The differential levels of scrutiny the Court applies to studies on caste vis-a-vis economic backwardness may have deep and abiding implications for how affirmative action policies are crafted in the future, and is especially prescient in a situation where challenges to EWS reservations remain pending.
The Mandal and Sinho Commissions: A Study in Contrasts
Studies examining caste-based backwardness have a higher bar to pass than those studying backwardness within the ‘general category'.
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