Supreme Court Observer

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 Jan 20254min

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 Jan 20259min

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 Des 20244min

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 Des 202417min

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 Des 20242min

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 Des 20242min

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 Nov 20242min

As a part of our special series commemorating 75 years of the Supreme Court we look at one of the Supreme Court’s earliest landmark decisions. Arudra Burra's article, first published in Seminar magaz...

27 Nov 20242min