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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A Division Bench appointed 13 advocates as Court Commissioners to ensure compliance with the ban on trucks at Delhi checkpoints
23rd Nov 2024
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In a case about the nature of private property, the top court has had to grapple with an Article that may or may not exist
28th Apr 2024
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The Supreme Court is now hearing a gamut of cases that will have a bearing on the future of democracy
18th Mar 2024
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We summarise the key contentions in the Aligarh Muslim University minority status case
17th Feb 2024
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Even the minority opinion privileged a 'marriage-lite' version of queer union instead of upholding relational equality
8th Nov 2023
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In recent years, PIL has become an extension of the political theatre while voices from the ground, stay silent still.
19th Sep 2023
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There’s been an unprecedented increase in the number of petitions in recent years, but experts suggest that the SC is less PIL-friendly
15th Sep 2023
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Justice Chandrachud has played a vital role in cementing right to privacy as a fundamental right, by invoking it in important Judgments
22nd Oct 2022
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Fundamental Duties are duties that citizens owe to the State. They cannot be enforced in a court of law.
29th Mar 2022
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Justice Subhash Reddy retired today after three years and two months at the Supreme Court. He was elevated in November 2018.
4th Jan 2022
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The Supreme Court in Kedarnath Singh (1962) restricted the scope of sedition law. Now the constitutionality of the law has been questioned.
10th Jun 2021
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In this post we curate a list of must reads that look into the history, evolution and application of sedition law in the Indian context.
10th Jun 2021
MoreNext Hearing: March 7, 2024
Last Updated: 20220307
Bench:Sanjiv Khanna CJI, P.V. Sanjay Kumar J, R. Mahadevan J
Pending
Jarnail Singh v Lacchmi Narain Gupta
The Court looked into whether reservations for SCs and STs should extend to promotions, by assessing its 2006 Nagaraj judgment. It will now give clarifications on its 2018 judgment. The clarifications will determine how inadequate representation can be quantified through data.
MoreNext Hearing: August 17, 2022
Last Updated: 20211026
Bench:L.N. Rao J, Sanjiv Khanna CJI, B.R. Gavai J
Decided
Indian Young Lawyers’ Association v State of Kerala
The Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the Sabarimala Temple's custom of prohibiting women in their 'menstruating years' from entering.
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Bench:Dipak Misra CJI, A.M. Khanwilkar J, Rohinton Nariman J, D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, Indu Malhotra J
Pending
Karmanya Singh Sareen v Union of India
The Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to WhatsApps privacy policy for violating the right to privacy. The policy permits WhatsApp to share data with Facebook and all its group companies for the purposes of commercial advertising and marketing.
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Last Updated: 20170607
Bench:K.M. Joseph J, Ajay Rastogi J, Aniruddha Bose J, Hrishikesh Roy J, C.T. Ravikumar J
There has been significant empirical work demonstrating the inefficacy of the death penalty. In its 75th year, the Court must engage with it