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

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

While upholding sub-classification for the SC/ST categories, the Court noted that there are varying degrees of backwardness within the group

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

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