Type: SC Judgements
SC Judgements are very important for Mains Paper
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SC recalls verdict rejecting Green Clearances
Forest Conservation Efforts – NFP, Western Ghats, etc.
Supreme Court reserves verdict on defining Aravalli Hills and Ranges
Surrogacy in India
SC exempts pre-2022 Surrogacy Cases from Age Restrictions
Tribes in News
SC upholds Property Inheritance Rights for Gond Tribal Women
Supreme Court cites Preamble to reject a plea
Judicial Reforms
Doctrine of Legal Insanity
Judicial Reforms
Making a Law cannot amount to Contempt of Court: Supreme Court
What is the Golaknath v. State of Punjab (1967) Case?
Forest Conservation Efforts – NFP, Western Ghats, etc.
‘Zudpi Jungles’ are Forest Land: SC
Disasters and Disaster Management – Sendai Framework, Floods, Cyclones, etc.
Stitch in time: on judiciary and Environment Ministry notifications
Judicial Reforms
Supreme Court’s Ruling on Remission
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Remission
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
No fundamental right to reservation, but State can’t deny it without valid reasoning: SC
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Reservation in India; Fundamental Right;
Panchayati Raj Institutions: Issues and Challenges
Doctrine of Pith and Substance
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Doctrine of Pith and Substance
Police Reforms – SC directives, NPC, other committees reports
Article 22 of the Indian Constitution
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 22 of the Indian Constitution
Article 200 of the Indian Constitution
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 200
Forest Conservation Efforts – NFP, Western Ghats, etc.
What is the SC directive on sacred groves?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Forest Right; Forest Cover;
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
States can sub-classify SCs for quotas: top court     Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: What is sub-categorisation within SCs and STs?
Mains level: Why sub-classification is necessary?
Women Safety Issues – Marital Rape, Domestic Violence, Swadhar, Nirbhaya Fund, etc.
Muslim Women entitled to seek Alimony, says SC
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Section 125 CrPC; Alimony; Right to Equality.
Land Reforms
Supreme Court lays out 7 Sub-Rights of Right to Property
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 300A, 44th Constitutional Amendment, Right to Property
Mains level: NA
