Mitigating factors in death penalty cases

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 Jan 20255min

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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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