Supreme Court Observer

Fourteen percent of sitting High Courts judges are women. Find out which High Courts have the most or least representation. Read more: scobserver.in/journal/14-per…

A central law banned online money games in 2025. As its constitutional validity challenge remains pending, we track the evolution of Indian gambling laws since 1867. Read more: scobserver.in/journal/prohib…

Last week, the Supreme Court set up four special benches to clear the “oldest” civil and criminal cases pending on the docket. We analyse the move. Read: scobserver.in/journal/cleari…

SCOLR Daily | Case #140 Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research v Anil Earnest Date: 10 July 2026 | Citation: 2026 SCOLR 7(2)[10] The Supreme Court has held that suitability for promotion must be left to the determination of domain experts and, in absence of rules, a degree of latitude must be provided to them. Domain experts retain discretion to determine whether a scientist is ‘fit for promotion’. Read: scobserver.in/supreme-court-… #judgementoftheday

SCOLR Daily | Case #139 AAA v Linda Sema Date: 9 July 2026 | Citation: 2026 SCOLR 7(2)[9] The Supreme Court held that Section 19(1) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) requires any person with ’knowledge’ of an offence to report it. Such knowledge includes credible information received directly from a child victim. Read: scobserver.in/supreme-court-… #judgementoftheday

The Supreme Court's draft Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Courts, 2026 will govern the rules for AI use in day-to-day court functioning. We analyse: scobserver.in/journal/order-…

Our latest issue of the Supreme Court Observer Law Reports brings you five notable judgements from last week. Read: scobserver.in/journal/sco-lr…

This week, the Supreme Court imposed a costs of Rs. 3 lakh each on Samay Raina and the other comedians for failing to coordinate with the the Cure SMA Foundation in breach of an undertaking. Our report:  scobserver.in/journal/suprem…

SCOLR Daily | Case #138 Bejla Oraon v Kali Das Oraon Date: 9 July 2026 | Citation: 2026 SCOLR 7(2)[8] The Supreme Court held that an uncle-in-law cannot validly adopt a niece’s husband as ghardamad (son-in-law) within Oraon customary law. It ruled that custom must be clearly proved, courts cannot infer rights from silence, and the nearest male agnate succeeds to the property. Read: scobserver.in/supreme-court-… #judgementoftheday

Our weekend newsletter analyses how a bank's blacklisting of an advocate led the Supreme Court to lay down a blueprint for reforming the legal profession. Read: scobserver.in/journal/judgin…

Last month, the Supreme Court invited public comments on the Draft Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Courts, 2026. We analyse how they aim to establish clear principles, permissions, and prohibitions for AI in the judiciary. Read: scobserver.in/journal/order-…

With the Supreme Court now beginning its Monsoon session following the six-week Partial Court Working Days, we examine case pendency, institution, and disposal trends from the first half of 2026. Read: scobserver.in/journal/penden…

SCOLR Daily | Case #137 Ajay Vijh v Indian Banks Association Date: 7 July 2026 | Citation: 2026 SCOLR 7(2)[7] The Supreme Court held that the Indian Banks’ Association’s (IBA) Caution List is confined to fraud and cannot be used to address cases of professional negligence by advocates, which falls within the exclusive disciplinary jurisdiction of Bar Councils under the Advocates Act, 1961. Read: scobserver.in/supreme-court-… #judgementoftheday

SCOLR Daily | Case #136 Pooja Ramesh Singh v Jammu and Kashmir Bank Date: 2 July 2026 | Citation: 2026 SCOLR 7(2)[6] The Supreme Court held that a judicial decision relying, even partly, on fake, non-existent or AI-hallucinated precedents must be set aside. It adopted a zero-tolerance standard for the bar and the bench against citing unverified material, while permitting responsible, human-controlled AI assistance. Read: scobserver.in/supreme-court-… #judgementoftheday

We examine how the Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Courts, 2026 mark the beginning of the AI era in the Supreme Court. Read: scobserver.in/journal/order-…

The Supreme Court imposed costs of 3 lakhs each on Samay Raina and other comedians for failing to engage with the Cure SMA Foundation in compliance with an undertaking, following offensive jokes on person's with diabilities on India’s Got Latent. Our report: scobserver.in/journal/suprem…

The latest issue of the Supreme Court Observer Law Reports (SCOLR) brings you five notable judgements delivered between 6 and 10 July. Read: scobserver.in/journal/sco-lr…