Here’s a list of 7 occasions when the outgoing Chief Justice diverged from the majority on conclusion or reasoning during his long tenure

Justice Nagarathna’s dissents in two recent Constitution Bench matters may suggest that achieving ‘federal balance’ is a delicate thing

The retrospective application of the decision to allow states to tax mines and minerals could have first- and second-order economic impacts

The Court settles doubts around ‘efficiency’ as a limitation to reservations, but its approach to methodology & creamy layer raise questions

A nine-judge bench in one of the longest pending cases confirmed that only states have the power to tax mineral-bearing land

15% of dissents by a Chief Justice in a Constitution Bench were in the last two years alone. What does this mean?

DESK BRIEF: Since 1950, a Chief Justice has dissented all of 13 times in a Constitution Bench case