How Justice Bhagwati’s 44-year-old dissent mirrors the state of death penalty in India
There has been significant empirical work demonstrating the inefficacy of the death penalty. In its 75th year, the Court must engage with it
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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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Master of the Roster, book bans, representation
The latest offerings in our Court at 75 series: an analysis on bench allocation, a long-read on book bans and a video on gender diversity
17th Sep 2024
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Waving flag
A quick look at the value of judicial symbolism in the backdrop of the Supreme Court’s recent unveiling of a new flag and insignia
8th Sep 2024
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Monthly Review: August 2024
Constitution Bench cases on affirmative action, mining taxes, arbitration and driving licences dominated the Court’s docket in August
6th Sep 2024
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The Supreme Court at 75: Stories new and old
This Independence Day weekend, dip into a series tracing the embattled origins, testy adolescence and fraught adulthood of the top court
19th Aug 2024
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Special Benches and suo moto hearings
The sub-classification decision has dominated Supreme Court coverage but here’s a recap of other noteworthy developments in August so far
11th Aug 2024
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Supreme Court’s week-long Special Lok Adalat begins
Supreme Court sets up Special Lok Adalat to hear and clear cases with “elements of settlement,” commemorating its 75th anniversary
29th Jul 2024
More75 Years of the Supreme Court
Shreya Rastogi and Neetika Vishwanath
Gender Diversity at the Supreme Court of India
75 Years after the establishment of the Supreme Court, the institution has seen just 11 women judges in its corridors.
“Appealing to prurient interests”: Book bans, the courts, the mob
In an intolerant environment, decisions on book bans are increasingly being taken in bureaucratic offices, city streets and village squares
The First Eight
As part of our special series on the Supreme Court’s 75th anniversary, we take a brief look at the lives and times of the first eight judges
What a Jagged Little PIL: The People’s Court at 75
The original promise of the PIL from the 1980s, based on social justice, has devolved into a confused and intimidating jurisprudence
Trial by Cinema
How a handful of films have challenged the onscreen notion of Indian judiciary as an infallible arbiter of justice
Freedom of Speech and Constitutional Nostalgia
A look at one of the SC’s earliest landmark decisions and its fallout warns against an uncritical veneration of our constitutional past
Justice In Circles
How architecture, history, and tradition inform the duality of Indian courts
Justice Kania’s inaugural speech on the establishment of the Supreme Court
In his inaugural address, the first Chief Justice said that the new Court would stay away from the ‘spirit of formal or barren legalism.'
Celebrating 75 years of the Supreme Court
In the 75th year of the Supreme Court, we are introducing a special series showcasing the institution through a cultural and critical lens