Supreme Court Archives

“Unless there are any specific reasons for not opening, all Anganwadi Centres beyond the containment zones should be made functional by all the States/Union Territories at an early date”; SC directs

“Children are the future of our country and if there is some stinginess in providing them with adequate nutrition, the country as a whole is deprived in future of taking the benefit of their potential.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Whether the arbitral process could be interfered under Article 226/227 of the Constitution, and under what circumstance? Supreme Court explains

“If the Courts are allowed to interfere with the arbitral process beyond the ambit of the enactment, then the efficiency of the process will be diminished.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Farm Laws | “Court cannot be said to be completely powerless to grant stay of any executive action under a statutory enactment”; Supreme Court stays implementation of Farm Laws

Supreme Court: The 3-Judge Bench of S.A. Bobde, CJ and A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ., stays the implementation of farms laws

Know thy Judge

Know Thy Judge| Justice R. Subhash Reddy

by Ritu Singh*

Know thy Judge

Know Thy Judge | Justice S. Abdul Nazeer

by Ritu Singh*

Case Briefs Supreme Court Roundups

Supreme Court Yearly Roundup – 2020 in review

JANUARY 2020 Story of the month 5-judge bench holds no time limit could be fixed while granting anticipatory bail Supreme Court Monthly

Know thy Judge

Know Thy Judge| Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul

by Ritu Singh*

OP. ED.SCC Journal Section Archives

The Dawn of Human Rights Jurisprudence — A Tribute to the Judicial Statesmanship and Activism of Chief Justice P.N. Bhagwati

by N.R. Madhava Menon

OP. ED.SCC Journal Section Archives

Remembering Justice Hidayatullah

by Upendra Baxi

Case Briefs Supreme Court

‘Physically impossible for me to commit rape’, claims a one-handed man convicted for rape of a 6-year-old. SC says “there is no such impossibility”

Supreme Court: In a 20-year-old case relating to rape of a 6-year-old, the 3-judge bench of RF Nariman*, Navin Sinha and KM

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court | Can candidates left out of merit list claim equity with those selected on basis of erroneous concession given by State? Read SC discussion on Negative Equality

Supreme Court: A 3-Judge Bench of L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi, JJ. held that the candidates left out of

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Does Article 12 of Constitution of India cover ‘Private Financial Institutions’ under its ambit? HC reiterates law laid down by SC

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Naheed Ara Moonis and Vivek Varma, JJ., reiterated the law laid down by the Supreme Court

Op Eds OP. ED.

Appointment of arbitrators under Section 11 by the Supreme Court: A time intensive phenomenon

by Payal Chandra* & Rhythm Buaria**

Case Briefs Supreme Court

2015 Guru Granth Sahib sacrilege| ‘No threat to the lives of accused or to fair trial’; SC refuses to transfer the trial outside Punjab

“The transfer of trial from one state to another would inevitably reflect on the credibility of the State’s judiciary. Except for compelling factors and clear situation of deprivation of fair justice, the transfer power should not be invoked.”