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UThese are the few important cases currently pending for ruling in the Hon’ble Supreme Court while the focus is currently diverted to content regulation in streaming spaces:
1. Gig Workers’ Access to Social Security:
The Indian Federation of App Based Transport Workers (IFAT) v Union of India2. Constitutionality of UAPA Amendment
Sajal Awasthi v Union of India3. Vacancies in Information Commissions
Anjali Bharadwaj v Union of India4. Challenges to the Appointment of Election Commissioners Act, 2023
Jaya Thakur v Union of India5. Challenge to the Marital Rape Exception
Hrishikesh Sahoo v State of Karnataka6. Freebies in Electoral Democracy and Welfare State
Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v Union of IndiaMost of you are already aware on the Court’s stance on speeches targeting communal aspects. For example, the approach taken on remarks by a HC judge.
This is a rant.
Source: Supreme Court Observer.
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HStop thinking that what is reported in the media is the extent of what happens in any court. The latent case only takes 5 mins of one courtroom having 2 judges. On average, 50-60 cases would be listed before a 2-judge bench of the Supreme Court every day. Now, to take up the most of the important cases mentioned above, it requires a constitution bench (5 judges or more). That would mean for one hearing in these cases, 3 regular courtrooms would not preside on that day. So to conduct one hearing in these cases, around 150 regular cases would get adjourned, and it will take several dates for any of these matters to get done.
Also, there are many more cases requiring a constitution bench which are pending from before. For some reason, after the 1990s to around 2011, hardly any CJI set up constitutional benches for dealing with these important issues. 2013 onwards, they started picking up pace, and DY Chandrachud’s tenure was where the highest number of Constitution Bench cases were taken up and finished. But most of these issues were pending for more than 20 years when he took them up for hearing. The pendency of these important & regular cases is still huge. There are many more important cases pending apart from the ones you have listed.
If we want faster resolution of these issues, then we need appointment of more judges. It is not the Court’s fault that they can’t cope with the volume of cases they have. It is the government who is not setting up new courts / appointing more judges. For a long time, the legal community has asked the government to set up another branch of the Supreme Court but forget setting up new courts; even existing vacancies in courts are not filled.
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