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The oldest pending cases at the Supreme Court

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The oldest pending cases at the Supreme Court

List of 24 oldest cases pending for over 30 years as received through an RTI by the Supreme Court Observer

SCO Team

30th Mar 2024

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Oldest pending cases at the Supreme Court

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What are the oldest pending cases at the Supreme Court?

The registry’s response to an RTI filed by SCO shows that 24 cases have been pending for 30 years or more. We dig into the details

Sushovan Patnaik

30th Mar 2024

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Transparency tunes in to the “dance of democracy”

The Supreme Court is now hearing a gamut of cases that will have a bearing on the future of democracy

Leena Gita Reghunath

18th Mar 2024

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Right to information, Anjali Bhardwaj, Amrita Johri

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“National political parties haven’t appointed information officers despite being subject to RTI law”: Anjali Bhardwaj, Amrita Johri

In a wide-ranging interview, the transparency activists also spoke about how the Electoral Bond Scheme compromises the right to information

Gauri Kashyap

31st Jan 2024

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Analysis

Restricted Information: Six significant judgements from the last decade

Backdoor legislative tweaks, sluggish e-portals, mixed messaging from courts—India’s once-vaunted RTI framework is losing its bite.

Sushovan Patnaik

5th Sep 2023

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Analysis

CJI Ramana’s Notable Judgments

What was the impact of CJI Ramana’s Judgments on the Court, the law and the country?

Ayushi Saraogi

27th Aug 2022

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Court Data

500 RTI Rejections at the SC: The ‘Other’ Face of Transparency

Out of the 5,585 RTI applications received in 2020 and 2021, the SC rejected 537 with a majority coming under the 'Other' category.

Joyston D'Souza

28th Apr 2022

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Court Data

When does the Court reject RTI requests?

This post looks into the reasons for rejecting RTI requests by the Court.

SCO Team

3rd Apr 2020

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Analysis

#7: RTI and Judicial Independence

Concerns that the right to information regarding collegium decisions and personal assets of judges may infringe upon judicial independence.

Jai Brunner and Balu Nair

9th Feb 2020

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Analysis

RTI Judgment: Confusions about Public Interest

Office of the Chief Justice opened up to Right to Information Act, 2005.

Balu Nair and Jai Brunner

26th Nov 2019

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Analysis

Right To Information (Court in Review)

The Right to Information (RTI) was recognised as a constitutionally protected right even prior to the RTI Act, 2005.

SCO Team

4th Sep 2017

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