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Supreme Court Review: Top 10 judgements of 2024

Among the many landmark decisions of this year, we pick the ones that could potentially impact large constituencies of the population

SCO Team

20th Dec 2024

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minister

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Bail for the minister

The outcome in a petition seeking cancellation of DMK minister Senthil Balaji’s bail could shape the NDA’s PMLA strategy in its third term

Advay Vora

9th Dec 2024

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Analysis

Arvind Kejriwal in the Supreme Court: A timeline

We map the sequence of events at the Supreme Court over six months which led to Kejriwal’s release in the liquor policy scam

Advay Vora

3rd Oct 2024

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pmla

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PMLA and the Supreme Court: A Timeline from Vijay Madanlal

SCO tracks how the Supreme Court may have brought incremental relaxations to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act since 2022

Kevin Sebastian

21st Sep 2024

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PMLA bail

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In Prem Prakash, the Supreme Court takes another step away from Vijay Madanlal

By drawing on the ‘bail is rule, jail is exception’ proposition in a PMLA case again, the Court may have softened its 2022 interpretation

Kevin Sebastian

20th Sep 2024

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Analysis

The “need and necessity” of arrest

The Court’s decision to refer an issue around the legality of Kejriwal’s arrest to a larger bench could widen the scope of judicial review.

Advay Vora

21st Jul 2024

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Analysis

Arvind Kejriwal’s challenge to ED arrest: Judgement Summary

The Supreme Court granted interim bail to Kejriwal. Meanwhile, the legality of his arrest was referred to a larger bench

Advay Vora

17th Jul 2024

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SC grants interim bail to Kejriwal in ED case; refers question of legality of arrest to a larger bench

Bench said that the question of the 'need and necessity of arrest' is open even as the Delhi CM will have to stay in jail in the CBI case

Advay Vora

12th Jul 2024

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delhi high court's

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Arvind Kejriwal withdraws plea challenging Delhi High Court’s interim stay order from Supreme Court

A Vacation Bench permitted the Delhi CM to file a fresh petition challenging the Delhi High Court’s stay

Advay Vora

26th Jun 2024

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Analysis

PMLA: From Prosecuting Drug Lords to Going after Critics and Farmers?

At the start of 2024, news broke out about summons being issued under the PMLA to two farmers by the ED

Abhinav Sekhri

25th Jan 2024

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Analysis

2023 Supreme Court Review: 10 key hearings

Political issues and human rights concerns tested the Court's capacity to protect constitutional values. Here are 10 important hearings

SCO Team

28th Dec 2023

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PMLA judgement

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PMLA Judgement Review deferred as Union government requests extra time

Senior Advocate A.M. Singhvi argued that the Vijay Madanlal judgement incorrectly upheld provisions which were declared unconstitutional

Advay Vora

23rd Nov 2023

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cases

Tarsem Lal v Directorate of Enforcement, Jalandhar Zonal Office

The Supreme Court held that the Enforcement Directorate cannot arrest an accused after a Special Court takes cognisance of the case

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Dr. Jaya Thakur v Union of India

The Supreme Court upheld Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Act, 2021, and the Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Act, 2021, which allow the Union to extend the tenure of CBI and ED Directors. The Bench held that the extensions granted to Sanjay Kumar Mishra was illegal, and contrary its 2021 Judgement.

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