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 Supreme Court Observer is a legal journalism platform that reports, analyses and makes sense of the work of the Supreme Court. We aim to build a non-partisan database of the Supreme Court’s contribution to our everyday lives, through daily reporting on selected cases. SCO emphasises simplicity and clarity.Supreme Court Observer Politics & Government
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  • Contempt and the Supreme Court

    Contempt and the Supreme Court
    May 8 2025

    How much criticism should the Court be able to withstand, before it begins to see it as speech that harms public perception on the dignity and authority of the Court?Through the comments made by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, we explore the Supreme Court's contempt jurisdiction.
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    5 mins
  • The Supreme Court's interventions to tackle air pollution in Delhi

    The Supreme Court's interventions to tackle air pollution in Delhi
    Apr 23 2025

    The Supreme Court has been hearing cases concerning pollution in Delhi for decades now. But how much has its intervention moved the needle?Supreme Court Observer's newsletter and months of Court reporting tells a story of inaction, and weak enforcement.
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    5 mins
  • Mitigating factors in death penalty cases

    Mitigating factors in death penalty cases
    Mar 28 2025

    In Bachan Singh (1980), the Supreme Court introduced the ‘rarest of rare cases’ standard for awarding the death penalty. But how do courts assess mitigating factors during sentencing?

    In this video, we explore the uneven application of these factors, from Bachan Singh to the recent Ramesh A. Naika judgement, where the Supreme Court overturned a death sentence.
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    5 mins
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