Supreme Court Observer

🌅 Good Morning! 📚Recently, the Supreme Court held that the lack of menstrual health facilities violate principles of substantive equality and cannot be a barrier to education. The Court directed all states and union territories to implement facilities in public schools: https://bit.ly/46NsYeF ⚖️ On 16 February, the Court issued notice in challenges against the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 which restricts the scope of personal information sought under the Right to Information, Act 2005. Read: https://bit.ly/4as1fCA 📧 In Voume 2 Issue 3 of SCO.LR, we highlight five notable judgements from last week, on scope of appeal under Section 14A of the SC/ST Atrocities Act, disclosure of criminal history in bail applications, and more: https://bit.ly/4rP2ul6

🌅 Good Morning! 🗞️ In the newest issue of SCO.LR, we highlight five important judgments from 9 to 13 February. Read: https://bit.ly/4rP2ul6 📱 Industry observers warn that the recent amendments to the IT Rules will incentivise digital platforms to adopt conservative moderation policies favouring removal over assessment. Read more in our newsletter: https://bit.ly/4amFrbF 👨🏽‍⚖️ From 17 March, a nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the scope of the word “industry” under Section 2(j) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: https://bit.ly/4aWqqNJ

🌅 Good Morning! 📱 Responding to the rise of deep fake on social media, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has notified amended Information Technology Rules, effective 20 February. Read: https://bit.ly/4amFrbF ⚖️ Yesterday, a three-judge Bench issued notice in challenges to amendments to the Right to Information Act, 2005 made through the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023: https://bit.ly/4aAblQJ 👨🏽‍⚖️ A nine-judge Bench will hear the Sabarimala review from 7 April, following listing directions by a three-judge Bench. Read: https://bit.ly/4akmV3A 🗞️ In our latest issue of SCO.LR, we bring you five important judgements from 9 February to 13 February. Read: https://bit.ly/4rP2ul6

The #SupremeCourt has listed Sabarimala Review on 7 April 2026. A 9-judge Bench will decide on questions of essential religious practices and the correctness of the 2018 Judgement which held that the Sabarimala Temple’s exclusionary custom is unconstitutional: https://www.scobserver.in/cases/kantaru-rajeevaru-indian-young-lawyers-association-sabrimala-review-background/ Three pending cases have been tagged to the matter; on Muslim women's right to enter mosques, Parsi women’s right to enter a Fire Temple after having married a non-Parsi, and the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) within the Dawoodi Bohra community.

The #SupremeCourt has listed the 9-judge Constitution Bench case in State of Uttar Pradesh v Jai Bir Singh on 17 March 2026. The Bench will consider the definition of 'industry' and the correctness of Bangalore Water-Supply v R. Rajappa (1978). Background: https://www.scobserver.in/cases/uttar-pradesh-jai-bir-singh-definition-of-industry-case-background/

🌞 Good Morning 🇧🇩 In the opening article of our special series on constitutional law round-ups in South Asian countries, Ridwanul Hoque writes about Bangladesh. Read: https://bit.ly/4696yo2 📈 Last month’s ruling in the Tiger Global case has triggered a scramble to revisit legacy structures in cross-border transactions. Read: https://bit.ly/4a8QO6W 🗳️ Here's a matrix of the key arguments in the challenge to the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar: https://bit.ly/4rs4EaM

🌅 Good Morning! 🇧🇩 In the first article of a special series on 2025 constitutional law developments in South Asian countries, Ridwanul Hoque writes about Bangladesh. Read: https://bit.ly/4696yo2 ⚖️ On 2 February, the Supreme Court dismissed an SLP filed by the state of Telangana against inconsistencies in the High Court's procedural guidelines on cases relating to political speech on social media. Read: https://bit.ly/462evLL 📑 Last month, the Supreme Court narrowed the protective scope of the India–Mauritius Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement in the case relating to Tiger Global's sale of its stake in Flipkart. We discuss the impact: https://bit.ly/4a8QO6W

As vote counting begins in the #BangladeshElections2026, Dr. Ridwanul Hoque writes about the "dramatic break" in the nation’s constitutional continuity and the Supreme Court's endorsement of an interim government: https://www.scobserver.in/journal/bangladesh-a-year-of-unprecedented-constitutional-upheaval/

🌅 Good Morning! ⚖️ Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard a batch of petitions challenging Talaq-e-Hasan, a form of divorce under Sharia Law: https://bit.ly/3Ok5M1e 👨🏾‍⚖On 2 February, the Court dismissed State's appeal in the Nalla Balu case, where the Telangana High Court laid down guidelines sheilding political speech on social media. https://bit.ly/462evLL 📖 The Square Circle Clinic’s latest death penalty report suggests trial courts have not internalised the top court’s jurisprudential shift: https://bit.ly/4623ASd

🌅 Good Morning! 🗳️ On 9 February, the Supreme Court extended the timeline for completion of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal by a week. The Bench clarified that only Electoral Registration Officers are authorised to take final decisions on claims and objections. Hearing report: https://bit.ly/400CMy2 ⚖️ The Square Circle Clinic’s latest death penalty report suggests trial courts have not internalised the top court’s jurisprudential shift. Read: https://bit.ly/4623ASd 🕌 Today, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear petitions challenging the constitutionality of Talaq-e-Hasan, which permits a man to divorce his wife by pronouncing the word “talaq” once a month for three consecutive months: https://bit.ly/4arDkSs

🌅 Good Morning! ⚖️ The Supreme Court will hear the Enforcement Directorate’s plea against Mamata Banerjee in the IPAC case today. Our analysis: https://bit.ly/3LRNUKk 🗞️ In our latest issue of SCO.LR, we list five important judgements from the first week of February. Read: https://bit.ly/4kuQUcu 👨🏽‍⚖️ Yesterday, the Supreme Court asked the Delhi High Court to hear Kuldeep Sengar’s appeal in a custodial death case ‘out-of-turn’. Sengar, a former MLA, is convicted in the Unnao rape case. Read: https://bit.ly/4ckKaM9 📊 Last month’s ruling in the Tiger Global case has triggered a scramble to revisit legacy structures in cross-border transactions. Read: https://bit.ly/4a8QO6W

🗳️ Today, the Supreme Court will continue hearing the challenge to the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal. Read our previous hearing report: https://bit.ly/4av5Cg1 📱Today, the Court will also continue hearing Meta's challenge to a fine imposed by the CCI over its privacy policy. In the previous hearing, the Bench remarked that the policy was merely a “decent way of committing theft" of user data: https://bit.ly/4a6EWkw 🗃️ At the end of January 2026, the Supreme Court recorded 92,828 pending cases—an increase of 510 cases from December 2025. Read the January pendency report: https://bit.ly/4qkLpOH 📆 From UGC guidelines to the perils of AI, January saw the Court grappling with regulation and reforms. The monthly review: https://bit.ly/3MxOcGx

🌞 Good Morning! ⚖️ The Supreme Court's threshold dismissal of a PIL filed by 10 domestic worker unions leaves several unresolved questions: https://bit.ly/4aecr4n 🗳️ On 4 February, the Court heard West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's oral submissions on the revision of electoral rolls in the state. Our report: https://bit.ly/4av5Cg1 📚 In our latest newsletter, we examine the Court’s intervention in the 2026 UGC equity Regulations controversy: https://bit.ly/4khN0Ui 📝 Recently, the Allahabad High Court directed revision of the CLAT UG 2026 merit list. We took a quick look at relevant SC decisions on the issue: https://bit.ly/4abK5I

🌇 Good Morning! 🗳️ Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued notice in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s plea challenging the SIR in West Bengal. Read: https://bit.ly/4av5Cg1 📚 Recently, the Allahabad HC directed the Consortium of NLUs to revise merit lists in the CLAT UG 2026 examination. We write about what the Supreme Court has said on CLAT: http://bit.ly/4abK5Ia 🤳🏼 On Tuesday, the Supreme Court slammed WhatsApp, and its parent company Meta Platforms, over their data-sharing practices. Read: https://bit.ly/4a6EWkw

🌅 Good Morning! 🤳🏼 Yesterday, the Supreme Court came down heavily on Meta for its “take it or leave it” privacy policy, stating that it was merely a “decent way” of collecting users’ private data. Read: https://bit.ly/4a6EWkw ⚖️ Earlier this week, the Supreme Court placed the UGC’s equity rules in abeyance after flagging gaps and ambiguities. Read: https://bit.ly/4khN0Ui 📖 Yesterday, the Allahabad High Court directed the revision of the merit list in CLAT UG 2026. We write about what the Supreme Court has said on the CLAT issue: http://bit.ly/4abK5Ia 🗞️ In the latest issue of SCO.LR, we highlight five important judgements from the last week of January. Read: https://bit.ly/4twat8z

🪴 Good Morning 📚 A recent probe following the rise of student suicides has revealed deeper faultlines in the Indian education sector. Read: https://bit.ly/4koaS8H 📩 The latest issue of SCO.LR is out, covering five judgements on the scope of section 175(4) under BNSS, power of high courts in granting extension under arbitration act, regulatory framework for stem cell research, and more: https://bit.ly/4twat8z ⚖️ Recently the Supreme Court heard a dispute involving contract labour and held that an industrial dispute need not always be preceded by a formal demand by workers. Read: https://bit.ly/49QqRsA

🌞 Good Morning! 🗳️ After 29 days of arguments, the Supreme Court reserved judgement in the challenge to the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. Read: https://bit.ly/49TNxZ5 📝 The Supreme Court stayed the 2026 UGC equity regulations after finding them to be "prima facie vague" and "easy to misuse". Read: https://bit.ly/4k8c6ot ⚖️ In a recent judgement, the Supreme Court held that a demand notice by workers is not a precondition for referring an industrial dispute for adjudication. Read: https://bit.ly/49QqRsA

🌞 Good morning! 📚 Yesterday, the Supreme Court stayed the 2026 UGC Regulations, noting that the anti-discrimination guidelines were prima facie vague and easy to misuse. Read: https://bit.ly/4k8c6ot 👨🏽‍⚖️ Last year, three separate benches of the Supreme Court took cognisance of the “disturbing pattern” of student suicides and sought effective measures to improve mental health in higher education. Read: https://bit.ly/4k8PO5R 🗳️ Yesterday, after 29 days of arguments, the Supreme Court reserved judgement in the challenge to the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. Read: https://bit.ly/49NLLIR

🌞 Good Morning! 🗳️ On Day 28 of hearings in petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, the petitioners argued that voter ratios fell sharply after the revision was carried out. Read: https://bit.ly/45CQ0o8 🇮🇳 As India marks another Republic Day, we look at cases where the Supreme Court drew a principled line between protecting symbols and resisting forced conformity. Read: https://bit.ly/4beJaZD ⚖️ Last week, the Supreme Court directed Higher Education Institutions to clear pending scholarship dues and fill vacant posts within four months. Our latest analysis examines how the Court is responding to the student suicide “epidemic”: https://bit.ly/4t1X7k5

🌞 Good Morning! 🗳️ On Day 27 of hearings in petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, the Election Commission contended that the scrutiny of voters is unavoidable where eligibility is in question. Read the hearing report: http://bit.ly/4t3aHn3 🇮🇳 India’s 77th Republic Day arrived amid new battles over national symbols. In our latest desk brief, we revisit what the Supreme Court has said on the subject: https://bit.ly/4beJaZD 📩 The latest issue of SCO.LR is out, covering five significant judgements from the fourth week of this month: https://bit.ly/3LxIgwY