The year 2024 saw a significant departure from alleged ‘judicial evasion’. In 2025, the Supreme Court, under three Chief Justices of India, will take up several important issues, impacting the personal lives and religious beliefs of citizens, as well as their relationship with the state and laws. Some very consequential new legislation are in the pipeline, even as multiple existing laws face challenges in court

Political battles outside the courtroom often defined the legal landscape in 2024.

Over the last few years, the Supreme Court has been criticised for “judicial evasion” and giving the executive the benefit of doubt in key cases. Legal experts say this has been the court’s record whenever there is a government with a strong majority at the Centre, except when the independence of the judiciary itself is threatened.