Have you read the latest Issue of the Supreme Court Observer Law Reports? This Issue covers five judgements from last week. Read here: scobserver.in/journal/sco-lr…

In today’s hearing on the #Bihar #SIR, petitioners argued before the #Supreme Court that the exercise lacked statutory backing. More in our hearing report by Advay Vora: scobserver.in/reports/revisi…

Today, the #SupremeCourt will continue hearing the challenge to the #BiharSIR2025. In yesterday’s hearing, petitioners called the process a “de facto deletion” of 65 lakh voters. Read our hearing report to know more: scobserver.in/reports/revisi…

July was a busy month at the top court. It heard a Presidential Reference on the Governor’s powers, a challenge to Bihar’s voter list revision and more. Our Monthly Review brings you highlights: scobserver.in/journal/monthl…

SCOLR Daily | Case #146 Delhi Pollution Control Committee v Lodhi Property Co. Ltd. 2025 SCO.LR 8(2)[6] The #SupremeCourt held that Pollution Control Boards are empowered to impose and collect restitutionary or compensatory damages, including fixed sums or

Marking #IndependenceDay2025, Constitution of India, under pactproject, has launched the Constituent Assembly Petitions Archive! Access the archive here: constitutionofindia.net/petitions/ Our blogpost: constitutionofindia.net/blog/independe… Centre for Law & Policy Research Rochana Bajpai Udit Bhatia Quill Project Vineeth Krishna E

Today, the #SupremeCourt directed the #ElectionCommissionOfIndia to publish the details of the deleted names from #BiharSIR2025 on District Electoral Officer Websites. Our report by Spandana: scobserver.in/reports/revisi…

New Feature: Vijay K & Kalpana Kannabiran reflect on the State’s tendency to contend with the disabled on its own, flawed terms. Their entry point is the Censor’s directive to the makers of 'Sitaare Zameen Par' to include a message from the PM: scobserver.in/journal/divyan…

New Feature Alert: Recently, the Censor directed the makers of Sitaare Zameen Par to include a message from the PM. In our latest, Vijay K and Kalpana Kannabiran reflect on the State’s tendency to contend with the disabled on its own, flawed terms: scobserver.in/journal/divyan…

SCOLR Daily | Case #147 Bhanei Prasad @ Raju v State Of Himachal Pradesh 2025 SCO.LR 8(2)[7] The #SupremeCourt held that a child victim’s testimony requires no corroboration to be considered credible, and Section 29 of the POCSO Act creates a statutory

Happy 79th Independence Day! On this day, let's renew and reaffirm our commitment to the values enshrined in our Constitution, and our dedication in upholding the rule of law! #IndependenceDay #79thIndependenceDay #Freedom #Independence #Azadi #SupremeCourt

SCOLR Daily | Case #148 Narayan Yadav v State of Chhattisgarh 2025 SCO.LR 8(2)[8] The #SupremeCourt held that a confessional #FIR filed by an accused is inadmissible as evidence against them. scobserver.in/supreme-court-… #JudgementOfTheDay

Earlier this week, a three-judge Bench of the #SupremeCourt reserved its decision on whether to stay an earlier Order directing authorities to free Delhi and the NCR of #StrayDogs. V.Venkatesan explains what the case is all about: scobserver.in/journal/stray-…

SCOLR Daily | Case #149 The Managing Director Bihar State Food And Civil Supply Corporation Limited v Sanjay Kumar 2025 SCO.LR 8(2)[9] The #SupremeCourt held that a court may refuse to appoint arbitrators as per a contract between two parties involving an

On 15 August, we celebrated India's 79th #IndependenceDay. Our weekend newsletter explored how the burning legal and political questions of today invariably bear the footprints of the early days of Country, #Constitution, and Court. Advay Vora writes: scobserver.in/journal/the-qu…

Recently, three judges of the #SupremeCourt reserved judgement on whether to recall a two-judge Bench Order directing authorities to round up the stray dogs in the Delhi NCR region and send them to pounds. Here's the full story: scobserver.in/journal/stray-…

The motion for Justice Yashwant Varma's removal is now in #Parliament. The #Speaker of the #LokSabha has constituted a three-member committee. What next? We explain: scobserver.in/journal/speake…

SCOLR Daily | Case #150 Shail Kumari v State of Chhattisgarh 2025 SCO.LR 8(2)[10] The #SupremeCourt held that a single witness’s testimony should be “wholly reliable” to form the basis of a conviction in cases where only circumstantial evidence is available.