Indian constitutional law can be read like an alphabet.

Each letter marks a turning point where the Supreme Court reshaped democracy, liberty, and state power.

Here is an A–Z of landmark judgments of India 🧵- A - A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras (1950)
Article 21 read narrowly.
“Procedure established by law” meant any procedure enacted by Parliament.
The Court’s most formalist phase.

The Greater Noida dowry death case is a tragic incident and now has two different narratives. What started as a clear-cut case of murder for dowry now has a counter-narrative.

Here’s a thread of both the sides of the story as reported in the media - The Initial Narrative: The victim's sister, Kanchan, alleged that Nikki was murdered by her husband Vipin and his family over a long-standing demand for a Rs 36 lakh dowry. This account was supported by the victim’s young son, who gave a chilling eyewitness testimony.

Did you know about some of India's most unusual and lesser-known laws?

From the colonial era to recent updates, here are some surprising facts about the Indian legal system- 🧵 The Aircraft Act, 1934: It isn't just planes. According to Section 2(1), "aircraft" includes balloons, gliders, and kites. Technically, you need government permission to fly a kite.

A quiet bail hearing in Kerala has now snowballed into a larger fight over hierarchy, gatekeeping, and the role of young lawyers in court.

It began with an unusual move by the Kerala High Court: appointing two law students as amici curiae. In the case, Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas appointed Ms. Nikhina Thomas and Ms. Neha Babu, both law students, to assist in a bail plea under the NDPS Act.

They were appionted as Amicus and the bail was granted.

The Street Dog Case judgement is out and the case is titled "CITY HOUNDED BY STRAYS, KIDS PAY PRICE."

I read the whole judgement just now and here are points that are important 🧵- THE DATA - The court reviewed data indicating a sharp rise in dog bite cases. In 2024, the country reported 3,715,713 dog bites, including 25,201 in Delhi. In January 2025, Delhi recorded 3,196 dog bites, suggesting a 50% increase if this trend continues.

India's civil justice system faces a deep, chronic crisis.

As of early 2025, over 52 million cases are pending across the judiciary, including the Supreme Court, High Courts, and trial courts (India Justice Report 2025).

Let's examine the reasons for this massive backlog 🧵 The bulk of the burden lies in district and subordinate courts, with about 45 million cases, over 85% of the total, per the India Justice Report 2025. Some cases have been pending for decades, with over 1.8 lakh cases for more than 30 years in district and high courts.

BREAKING | Supreme Court Refuses to Strike Down ‘In-House Procedure’ in Justice Yashwant Verma Case

Here is the full breakdown of the judgement 🧵- For brief background The chain of events began in the storeroom of a judge’s government bungalow in Delhi.

There had been a fire. After the flames were doused, firemen found something odd: stacks of partially burnt currency notes.

One of the most perplexing questions in Indian law is whether a case is murder or culpable homicide.

Not every death caused by another person is automatically murder. So, how is this decided?

A recent Supreme Court judgment explains this clearly. Here’s how it works. 🧵 First, some context. The Indian Penal Code draws a careful line between “murder” and “culpable homicide not amounting to murder.”

Every act of murder is culpable homicide but not every culpable homicide is murder.

The distinction is thin, but critical. And actually confusing.

High Courts have often granted bails subjecting them to unnecessary conditions.

The Supreme Court recently answered a question "Can a court grant anticipatory bail only if the husband resumes conjugal life with his estranged wife?"

Lets understand this 🧵- In Anil Kumar v. State of Jharkhand (29 July 2025), the Supreme Court addressed a troubling condition imposed by the Jharkhand High Court.

It had granted anticipatory bail on the condition that the husband resume conjugal life with his wife.

Prajwal Revanna, a suspended MP and grandson of former PM HD Deve Gowda, has been found guilty of rape.

Understanding the case and how one of Karnataka’s most powerful political families is now being held accountable for years of sexual abuse. 🧵 Prajwal Revanna has been convicted by Bengaluru Special Court for repeated rape and abuse of a domestic worker. The charges include IPC Sec 376(2)(k) and 376(2)(n), which relate to rape by a person in a position of authority and repeated rape.

Imagine waking up to find out you're running a business in another state. Except you've never left your city.

Vilas Prabhakar Lad, a 51-year-old shopkeeper from Mumbai, lived this nightmare.

What followed was five years of silence, shrugging, and sheer state and police apathy. It began with a rent notice from Rajkot. Vilas had never been there. He thought it was a mistake. But then came a legal notice for a bounced cheque worth ₹13.8 lakh. Then another. And another.

A fake business, Metro International Trading Company, was operating in his name.

We are witnessing a historic showdown in Indian Constitutional History.

Justice Yashwant Varma has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court, challenging in-house inquiry's findings that indicted him in the infamous cash-at-residence row.

Here’s what’s happening 🧵- For a background,

In March this year, a fire broke out at Justice Varma’s official residence in Delhi. What should’ve been a routine emergency response turned explosive when fire personnel allegedly discovered large bundles of unaccounted cash in an outhouse on the premises.

BREAKING: Can your spouse secretly record your phone calls and use them as evidence in court? Can such a recording without your knowledge violate your right to privacy?

Today, the Supreme Court gave a big ruling on this. In a major decision, the Supreme Court of India has held that a secretly recorded telephonic conversation between spouses is admissible in evidence during matrimonial disputes.

This overturns a Punjab & Haryana High Court ruling that called it a breach of privacy.

Can your employer make you pay a penalty if you quit early? Is that even legal or just a fancy way to trap employees?

The Supreme Court just weighed in on this. Here’s what you need to know 👇 An employee joined Vijaya Bank as a Senior Manager with a clause in his appointment letter - Quit before 3 years, and pay ₹2 lakhs as liquidated damages.

He left after 2 years for another job and was made to pay 2 lakhs. Then he went to court.

How a birth date mix-up, courtroom politics & unwritten conventions may have cost one Supreme Court judge the Chief Justice of India’s seat.

The drama only veterans in this field remember.

Thread on the fascinating Ahmadi–Kuldip Singh rivalry in the Indian Supreme Court 🧵 On 14 December 1988, Justices A.M. Ahmadi and Kuldip Singh were appointed to the Supreme Court of India on the same day.

But there was a catch: only one of them would eventually become the Chief Justice of India (CJI).

There are whispers that CJI B.R. Gavai isn’t particularly fond of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud.

This reminds me of the most famous public rivalry at the SC.

between none other than DY’s father, Justice Y.V. Chandrachud, and Justice P.N. Bhagwati.

Here is the story 🧵 Both Chandrachud and Bhagwati were Bombay lawyers.
But Chandrachud enrolled earlier, was older, and came up the hard way.
Bhagwati, on the other hand, came from legacy: his father N.H. Bhagwati was a sitting judge of the Bombay High Court (and later SC).

Can a High Court bench pass orders in a case if the matter wasn’t assigned to it under the Chief Justice’s roster?

The Calcutta High Court just answered this in a landmark Full Bench decision in FMAT 269 of 2024 The question before the Court was, Is an order passed by a Bench, which did not have the case assigned to it under the roster fixed by the Chief Justice, a nullity in law?

Put differently: If a Bench acts outside its rostered domain, is the order void?

A bizarre, unprecedented and a bit funny situation has unfolded at the Bombay High Court.

Over 10 judges have recused from hearing an FIR quashing plea filed by HDFC Bank CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan. What’s going on? Let’s unpack. ⬇️ The case stems from a complaint by the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust, which owns Mumbai’s iconic Lilavati Hospital.

They’ve accused Jagdishan of accepting a ₹2.05 crore bribe to help a private group retain control of the Trust.

In a powerful judgment, the Orissa High Court has slammed the State for carrying out an illegal demolition in clear defiance of judicial orders. ₹10 lakhs compensation awarded, ₹2 lakhs to be recovered from the Tahasildar's salary. Here's what happened. 🧵 The case involved a community centre (goshtigruha) built decades ago on land classified as 'gochar' (grazing land). The building stood since 1985, was rebuilt with MLA funds post-2016, and actively used for public welfare.

On May 23, the Supreme Court delivered a significant judgment not just for one man, but for how police in UP use the Gangsters Act.

Here’s what happened, and its quite interesting 👇 The case involved Vinod Bihari Lal, Director at SHUATS University, who was booked under the UP Gangsters & Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986.

The charges were of alleged financial fraud, forgery, running an unrecognized school.

The Supreme Court recently called a Bombay High Court judgment “beautifully written, one of the best.” That’s some serious praise. Naturally, I had to read it. What made it so good? Lets see - 🧵 The case was an old family property fight. Like, really old, going back to the 1970s. One side said the way assets were divided back then was unfair. The other side said that we already acted on it, it’s done, let it go.