The Supreme Court of India has declined to hold an open court hearing for the review petition challenging its judgement rejecting legal recognition of same-sex and queer marriages.

The Supreme Court of India is set to hear a review petition on July 10 against its earlier judgement that denied marriage equality rights to queer couples. A five-judge bench, led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and including justices Sanjiv Khanna, Hima Kohli, BV Nagarathna, and PS Narasimha, will preside over the hearing.

The Supreme Court has once again declined to halt the counselling process for the NEET-UG 2024 examination, though it has issued a notice to the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts the exam. A vacation bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and SVN Bhatti has tagged the new pleas with existing ones and scheduled a hearing for July 8.

The Supreme Court has dismissed petitions seeking a review of its judgement that upheld the Union government’s 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370. This article of the Constitution had conferred special status on Jammu and Kashmir.

The Supreme Court has taken a significant step by issuing notice to the Centre concerning a plea that challenges the retention of the marital rape exception in the new criminal law, Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita.