Will the Supreme Court be able to legalise same-sex marriage in India?

A creative and liberal interpretation of marriage laws may yield a decision in favour of the LGBTQ+ community.

Saptarshi Mandal

· Mar 16, 2023 · 09:00 am

Explained: Why some North Eastern states are opposing the Uniform Civil Code

Protection of customary laws of tribal groups in the North East is guaranteed by the Constitution.

Nachiket Deuskar

· Feb 10, 2023 · 07:30 am

How does the Aadhaar grievance redressal system function – and why is UIDAI being opaque about it?

Can a statutory authority granted powers by Parliament delegate its responsibility to a private company?

Prashant Reddy T

· Jun 04, 2022 · 03:38 pm

‘Love jihad’: UP’s law has many defects, cannot be sustained, says ex-SC judge Madan Lokur

He also said that the courts have undermined the idea of social justice in the last few years.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 23, 2020 · 06:26 pm

Should Kendriya Vidyalaya students say Hindu prayers?: SC has chance to revisit previous assumptions

In 2002, the court observed that values without faith were meaningless.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Jan 28, 2019 · 06:09 pm

‘Hope constitutional morality dies with birth’: Attorney general criticises Supreme Court

KK Venugopal said it was incorrect to assume that the citizens would be unable to choose between rights and wrongs by themselves.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 09, 2018 · 12:18 pm

India doesn’t need a new law to curb lynchings, enforcing existing laws is enough, say legal experts

The Supreme Court last week asked Parliament to consider enacting a separate law to deal with mob violence.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Jul 22, 2018 · 06:30 am

Karnataka governor invites Yeddyurappa: Here’s why the Supreme Court needs to step in

Given the numbers that the BJP currently has, to conclude that Yeddyurappa would form a stable government is plainly unethical and irrational.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· May 16, 2018 · 10:24 pm

SC’s Constitution bench to examine if jallikattu is a cultural right

It will see if states can claim protection under Article 29 (1).

Scroll Staff

· Dec 12, 2017 · 08:15 pm

With triple talaq order, Supreme Court revives ‘arbitrariness’ as grounds to challenge unequal laws

In June, however, the court had in the Aadhaar-PAN case rejected the argument that linking the two numbers was an arbitrary law.

Gautam Bhatia

· Sep 10, 2017 · 10:30 am

The law comes before freedom of expression, says the lawyer who represents most publishers in India

An interview with Dahlia Sen Oberoi who has been fighting cases for the publishing industry for 17 years.

Kanishka Gupta

· Jun 29, 2017 · 08:30 am

Are India's anti-rape laws as draconian as Madhu Kishwar says they are?

A petition in the Delhi High Court has challenged the constitutional validity of the 2013 amendments to rape laws, triggering a debate among women's groups.

Aarefa Johari

· Apr 07, 2017 · 12:30 pm