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The Supreme Court in 2025: Deference, technicality and the retreat from rights
From citizenship and reservation to encounter accountability, privacy, environmental protection and minority rights, the Court's most contentious judgments of 2025 reveal an increasing preference for institutional deference and procedural compliance over substantive constitutional justice
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SC to hear urgent appeal against GN Saibaba’s acquittal
State had moved application demanding urgent listing claiming acquittal was not justifiable
Section 43D UAPA: Accused not heard, report of the prosecution doesn’t ‘need to be shared’ under the law
In this recent judgment by the Madras High Court, two SriLankan nationals are denied bail along with their right to be heard
Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court rejects plea to conduct carbon dating test of “shivling”
Mosque management authority sees this as a positive development; petitioners to appeal against order in SC
Bombay HC acquits Professor GN Saibaba & five others in Maolist link case, says ‘national security’ not above due process
Nagpur Division Bench passed the order, allowed his appeal against conviction and life sentence; others acquitted include journalist Prashant Rahi
Justice Hemant Gupta’s take on secularism, fraternity and uniformity in the Hijab Ban case
Permitting one religious community to wear their religious symbols would be the antithesis to secularism, held the Judge
Custodial torture of tribal in Karnataka?
A tribal man, detained by forest officials dies, kin allege custodial torture
Karnataka high court grants bail to theatre artist accused of acid-throwing on colleague
Stating that the injury was only 'superficial’, the court granted bail to a woman artiste accsued of throwing acid on a colleague to eliminate competition
“Claims Look Legitimate”, AG to Supreme Court on plea seeking Aadhaar Cards for those included in the NRC list
The Supreme Court on Thursday. October 13, granted two weeks to the central government to look into the matter pertaining to the issuance of Aadhaar cards to nearly 27 lakh persons who were added in the supplementary list of Assam National Register of Citizens published in August 2019. The matter, Sushmita Dev versus Union of India and others, WP(c) 1361/2021was heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and Justice Bela M. Trivedi.
Kerala HC: “Even if a woman wears a ‘provocative dress’ that cannot give a licence to a man to outrage her modesty”
Controversial remark by Kerala Court in Bail order of Civic Chandra struck down by the HC, Anticipatory Bail continues
Kheda police flogging: Victim-Accused files private complaint, court directs police to conduct probe
A local Kheda court has directed the Ahmedabad Range Inspector General to conduct an inquiry into a private complaint filed by a farmer, Ayub Shaikh, who happened to be Muslim, who was arrested for stone-pelting at a garba event and also flogged by police personnel
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