TikTok Ban in the United States: What did the US Supreme Court say?
In our latest episode of SCO Explains, we unpack the US Supreme Court's decision upholding a law banning TikTok. The ruling backed national security concerns raised by the outgoing Biden administratio...
23 Tammi 20255min
Representation in the Supreme Court in 2025
Today, Justice K. Vinod Chandran took the oath as a judge of the Supreme Court. The Collegium had recommended his name to bring back representation of the Kerala High Court in the SC after Justice C.T...
16 Tammi 20254min
Top 10 judgements of 2024
In our latest video, we round up the top 10 Supreme Court judgements of 2024! From taxpayers’ interests to minority rights, citizenship and reservations to affirmative action, our list highlights cas...
10 Tammi 20259min
Supreme Court of India 2024 Highlights
What a year that was! Join us as we bid goodbye to a busy court year, and prepare for 2025. 2024 was marked by significant judgements, the retirement of a Chief Justice, and notable Constitution Benc...
30 Joulu 20244min
Top five judgements from 2024: An alternative list
Last week, we published our list of the Top 10 judgements of 2024. Narrowing them down wasn’t easy, so we used a guiding light: impact. Of course, impact is a tricky metric, especially in a system whe...
27 Joulu 202417min
Is the death penalty inhumane?
In 1980, a majority of four out of five judges upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty in Bachan Singh v State of Punjab. The sole dissenter was Justice P.N. Bhagwati, who noted the inherent...
17 Joulu 20242min
Book bans and freedom of speech
Author Salil Tripathi’s essay in our special series commemorating 75 years of the Supreme Court of India talks about how the courts have approached book bans. Ostensibly, these bans are in favour of ...
7 Joulu 20242min
The first eight judges of the Supreme Court
Today, the Supreme Court hosts 34 judges. These judges have a vast library of precedents to rely on and time-honed processes to ensure smooth functioning. But during its formative years, the Court had...
28 Marras 20242min
