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    • SC to decide applicability of its judgment upholding state's power to levy tax on mineral extraction

      During the course of the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who appeared for the Union govt, told the court that making the judgement applicable retrospectively will have a big impact not only on private and public players involved in mineral extraction but on the economy as a whole.

    • Bribes for House speeches: SC verdict tomorrow on whether MPs, MLAs can evade prosecution

      Article 105 of the Constitution allows freedom of speech in the Parliament. To uphold the same, MPs must not be prosecuted in a court of law for what they said or how they voted inside the House. The question has been considered by the Supreme Court twice – 25 years apart.

    • Supreme Court strikes down electoral bonds scheme as 'unconstitutional'

      The SC has directed the State Bank of India (SBI), mandated to issue such bonds, to stop issuing them with immediate effect and asked the Election Commission to make public details of encashment of the bonds by political parties

    • Who is a Solicitor General? Why is the post important to the government?

      Assessing the role and duties of an SG and whether an SG can disagree with the government

    • SC refuses to stay Bill for recruitment of poll panel chiefs, issues notice to Centre

      The bunch of PILs are now likely to come up for hearing in April 2024.

    • MC Explains: Why is Centre claiming that Aligarh Muslim University is not a minority institution?

      The debate on AMU’s minority status has been ongoing since the 1960s, and this is the second time the issue has reached the Supreme Court.

    • Busy 2024 for SC: From challenges to money bill to Google’s petition against CCI penalty

      The SC has already listed many seven-judge and nine-judge bench cases it is likely to hear till the third week of March 2024

    • MC Explains: Key constitution bench judgements by SC in 2023 and what to expect in 2024

      It was a busy year, with constitution benches sitting over some key judgements during the year. The Chief Justice sat in Constitution Benches for 71 days during the year.

    • SC’s judgment on unstamped agreements is pro-arbitration: Gourab Banerji, senior advocate

      On December 13, a seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court unanimously held that unstamped arbitration agreements are legally enforceable.

    • SC bench holds unstamped arbitration agreements enforceable

      This is a significant decision from the apex court as it has overruled the judgment of five judge bench which had in April 2023 held that unstamped arbitration agreements were not legally enforceable.

    • Article 370 | Judgment approves correction of historical blunder: Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi

      Dwivedi, who defended the abrogation of Article 370 said "The judgement is historic and settles controversy so that all move on with new spirit to rebuild Kashmir."

    • Article 370: Justice Kaul suggests setting up of 'truth and reconciliation commission' in J&K

      The commission should look into the acts of violation of human rights by both state and non-state actors since 1980s, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul has said

    • MC Explains: What is Article 370? What was argued in Supreme Court for and against its abrogation?

      While the government contended that Article 370 was a temporary provision, the challengers to the move argued it could not have been done without the consent of the constituent assembly of the state.

    • SC upholds application of 'group of companies doctrine' in Indian arbitration law

      According to the doctrine, a non-signatory to an arbitration agreement could be made party to an arbitration dispute if they are a member the group of companies.

    • SC to hear review of same-sex marriage judgment on Nov 28, lawyers seek open court hearing

      Review petitions and curative petitions are usually heard in chambers of the judges and not in open court.

    • Lawyers urge SC to constitute a 7-judge bench to hear challenges to sedition law

      It was argued that in 1962, a 5-judge bench of the Supreme Court upheld the validity of sedition law in Kedarnath Singh's judgment and hence it needs to be placed before a 7-judge bench if the 5-judge judgment needs to be reviewed

    • Supreme Court reserves judgment on electoral bonds challenge

      SC has also directed the Election Commission to furnish all data on donations that political parties received through the electoral bonds till September 30 2023, in two weeks.

    • Bribe-for-vote case: Can lawmakers be prosecuted for taking bribes to speak or vote in Parliament?

      Article 105 of the constitution of India allows freedom of speech in parliament. In order to uphold the same, MPs must not be prosecuted in a court of law for what they said or how they voted in the house. The question has been considered by the Supreme Court twice – 25 years apart.

    • Justice Ravindra Bhat – the hand behind two key constitution bench judgments

      Bhat has delivered judgment on a variety of subjects, and played a key role in two important judgements in the recent past

    • Same-sex marriage judgment a landmark one on demarcation of powers: Sr advocate Rakesh Dwivedi

      Dwivedi, who appeared in the same-sex marriage case for Madhya Pradesh, says the constitution does not expressly speak of a right to marry, and it is for the Parliament to take a decision on the matter

    • Devastated by the judgment; court passed the buck to the state, says same-sex marriage petitioner

      However, the petitioner and the lawyer who represented the petitioners feel there's been a change in the way society in India now views queer people. That is a positive, they said.

    • Same sex marriage: Supreme Court refuses to recognise same sex marriage, calls it the domain of Parliament

      The court reserved the judgment on a bunch of pleas on May 11 after a marathon hearing in March and April with nearly 40 lawyers arguing for and against the matter.

    • Delhi govt’s continuous war with the Centre is harmful for India’s image: BJD MP Pinaki Misra

      Explaining why BJD supported the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) bill in parliament, the four-time MP from Puri noted that Delhi has a unique position in the constitution as it is the capital of the nation,

    • Never imagined I would argue a marriage equality case when I started my career, says Saurabh Kirpal

      This was made possible because India has changed, partly because of the Navtej Johar judgment which decriminalised homosexuality, and the work of the activists over the last 20 years, he said.

    • SC refers pleas against sedition law to Constitution Bench

      Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud will take a call on whether the case will be heard by a bench of five judges or seven judges.

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