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  • 11 авг.🌼 Good morning! 📬 Our latest issue of the Supreme Court Observer Law Reports (SCO.LR) features five important judgements from 3 to 8 August 2026. Read: https://bit.ly/4g97oFt ♀️ Our newsletter examines whether the Supreme Court’s latest Report on gender-sensitive judging can help combat gender stereotypes and prevent them from distorting judicial outcomes. Read: https://bit.ly/4fM6P5s 🌐 On 7 August, the Supreme Court continued hearing challenges to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. Petitioners argued that it removes an existing public-interest safeguard for disclosing personal information. Read: https://bit.ly/4xtkV1s0,21%
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  • 05:34🌼 Good Morning! 🏳️‍⚧️ Yesterday, the Supreme Court recorded the Union’s statement that transgender identity cards issued before the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026 came into force will remain valid, subject to the outcome of the proceedings: https://bit.ly/3TXOSZi 📽️ The Transgender Amendment Act is currently under challenge before the Supreme Court. After three hearings, we recap the latest developments: https://bit.ly/4bUPbdz ⚖️ Volume 8 Issue 3 of the Supreme Court Observer Law Reports (SCO.LR) shortlists five important judgements from 10 to 14 August. Read: https://bit.ly/4g3qXQM0,00%
  • 17 авг.🌼 Good Morning! 🇮🇳 Our Independence Day newsletter looks back at 79 years of India’s independence and the growing influence of “Swadeshi jurisprudence” in courts and classrooms. Read: https://bit.ly/4wXRiWf ⚖️ On 22 July, the Court issued notice issued in a writ petition filed by Shiv Sena (UBT), challenging Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s authority to recognise the merger of its legislators with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. We summarise the petition: https://bit.ly/4gznOrU 📃 On 20 July, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal filed a PIL seeking an authoritative interpretation of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution. The petition argues that incorrect reading of the anti-defection law facilitates defections. Read our petition summary: https://bit.ly/4xLb6fD0,00%
  • 14 авг.🌷 Good Morning! 🧑🏻‍⚖️ On 12 August, the report of the Judges Inquiry Committee on the Justice Yashwant Varma cash-in-house controversy was laid before both Houses of Parliament. All three Articles of Charge stand proved. Our analysis: https://bit.ly/466oT4p 📘 A recent book by N. Kavitha Rameshwar traces the journey of due process from the Magna Carta to American law and the Indian Constitution. Our Book Review: https://bit.ly/3TJxOGn ⚖️ The Supreme Court has scheduled hearings in two seven-judge Constitution Bench matters: 1. Whether States may impose a surcharge on sales tax computed on annual turnover — 22 September 2026: https://bit.ly/4z8rJTT 2. Whether Legislative Privilege under Article 194 overrides free speech under Article 19(1)— 6 October 2026: https://bit.ly/3UedSeN0,00%
  • 13 авг.🌼 Good Morning! 🧑🏻‍⚖️ Yesterday, the Secretaries-General of both Houses of Parliament tabled the Judges Inquiry Committee’s report on the Justice Yashwant Varma cash-in-house controversy. The Committee concluded that all three Articles of Charge against him stand proved: https://bit.ly/4fTMMCf ⚖️ Yesterday, the Supreme Court listed hearings in two seven-judge Bench matters: • 🏛️ Challenge to States’ power to impose taxes based on annual turnover — from 22 September 2026: https://bit.ly/4z8rJTT • 🗣️ MLA immunity under Article 194 and freedom of speech — from 6 October 2026: https://bit.ly/3UedSeN 📖 In our review of They Created a Nation: The Omnipresence of “Due Process” in the Indian Constitution, we examine the “due process” clause deliberately omitted by the framers of the Constitution. Read: https://bit.ly/3TJxOGn0,00%
  • 12 авг.🌄 Good Morning! 👨‍⚖️ The Justice Yashwant Varma Inquiry Report is scheduled to be tabled in Parliament today. The Committee had submitted its report to Speaker Om Birla on 18 May: https://bit.ly/4ulztPD 📬 The latest issue of the Supreme Court Observer Law Reports (SCO.LR) brings you five notable judgements from last week: https://bit.ly/4g97oFt 🗂️ The 2026 Report on Gender and Sensitivity promises practical training for judges, but may fall short in addressing all forms of gender stereotypes: https://bit.ly/4xmKUI2 ⚖️ What is a Lok Adalat? Who organises it and what cases does it take up? Find out on our Procedure page: https://bit.ly/3TQ5aDy0,00%
  • 10 авг.🌞 Good morning! ⚖️ Our commentary examines the Supreme Court’s 2026 Report on gender-sensitive judging and whether it addresses all forms of gender stereotypes: https://bit.ly/4xmKUI2 🗞️ The 2026 Report replaces the Court’s 2023 gender stereotypes handbook, which CJI Surya Kant described “too Harvard-oriented.” Our newsletter examines the questions raised by the new report: https://bit.ly/4fM6P5s 🌐 On 7 August, the Supreme Court heard challenges to provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and its Rules. Our hearing report: https://bit.ly/4xtkV1s 🏔️ On 30 July, the Supreme Court directed the inquiry into Himachal Pradesh’s depleting ecology to the Central Empowered Committee. We analyse the move: https://bit.ly/4fPWRjG0,00%
  • 7 авг.🌺 Good Morning! 🌳 On 29 July, the Supreme Court held that the Environment (Protection) Act allows limited post-facto environmental clearances in exceptional cases. We analyse the Vanashakti litigation and it's line of precedent: https://bit.ly/4fR1yIC ⚖️ Our summary of the Vanashakti III judgement explains the limited statutory exception recognised by the Court and breaks down its findings on the key issues. Read: https://bit.ly/4fRwmud 🗃️ Pendency in the Supreme Court remained above the 95,000-mark at the end of July 2026. We map out the trends across pendency, institution and disposal of cases this year: https://bit.ly/4wDp5nz0,00%
  • 6 авг.🌸 Good Morning! 🌳 On 29 July, a three-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court delivered the final judgement in Vanashakti v Union of India and declared prior environmental clearance mandatory. Read: https://bit.ly/4fR1yIC 🗃️ July recorded over 95,000 pending cases. We analyse the pendency, institution and disposal trends of this year: https://bit.ly/4wDp5nz 📊 A newly launched Judicial Transparency Index scores the higher judiciary in India on 68 indicators and across 18 themes. We examine: https://bit.ly/4fPfnan0,00%
  • 5 авг.🌞 Good Morning! 👨🏽‍⚖️ Should a sitting judge engage in critical public deconstruction of settled judicial decisions? We revisit the question in light of Justice Bhuyan's recent speech: https://bit.ly/4yXUx1y 🏳️‍⚧️ On Monday, the Supreme Court deferred consideration of interim protection for transgender identity cards issued under the 2019 Act. Read: https://bit.ly/4yUWWtz 📬 From the constitutional validity of life sentences to post-facto environmental clearance, here are five unmissable Supreme Court decisions from last week: https://bit.ly/4w8taiz0,00%
  • 4 авг.🌄 Good Morning! 🪧 Yesterday, the Supreme Court, in the Jantar Mantar protest hearing, observed that protection from “coercive action” cannot be denied to students merely because they were previously accused in minor criminal cases. Read: https://bit.ly/4w5GRie 🏳️‍⚧️ Yesterday, a three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant deferred consideration of the interim relief sought in petitions challenging the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026. Read more: https://bit.ly/4yUWWtz 📬 In our latest issue of the Supreme Court Observer Law Reports (SCO.LR), we shortlist five important judgements delivered by the Court from 27 to 31 July. Read: https://bit.ly/4w8taiz0,00%