BOOM Rewind: Important Supreme Court Judgements In 2023
By Ritika Jain This year proved remarkable for the Supreme Court for the high number of judgments given by Constitution Benches (benches of five judges and seven judges), the number of judges appointed and those that retired, along with its record of “unprecedented disposal” of cases. To give perspective in numbers: In 2023, the Supreme Court Constitution Bench gave 18 judgments (five-judge benches: 17, seven-judge bench: 1); 14 judges were appointed while nine retired; and the top court made a dent in the backlog of its cases by disposing 52,191 cases against the registration of 49,191 cases....