Court Reporter

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Court Reporter

Court Reporter is a podcast series about topics and events on the functioning of courts, particularly the Supreme Court. In this podcast legal expert, Murali Krishnan will talk about the functioning of the Supreme Court during the COVID-19 lockdown & the legal issues which are relevant in today’s times. This is a Hindustan Times production, brought to you by HT Smartcast.

  1. 09/17/2020

    17: Kesavanada Bharati - the final journey

    In the season finale of Court Reporter, legal journalist Murali Krishnan will talk about the death of the seer from South Kerala whose name has become synonymous with Indian Constitutional law. Tune in to know more about Kesavanda Bharti and the basic structure doctrine.

    7 min

  2. 09/04/2020

    16: Straining relations between Bar and Bench

    In this episode, Legal journalist Murali Krishnan examine how things between judges and lawyers are not hunky-dory in the light of two recent incidents - one, the contempt of court against Prashant Bhushan and two, the controversy surrounding Bar President Dushyant Dave not being allowed to speak at the farewell ceremony of justice Arun Mishra.

    7 min

  3. 08/26/2020

    15: PM Cares Fund : Court gives clean chit.

    In this episode of Court Reporter, legal journalist Murali Krishnan discusses the recent judgement by the supreme court which gave the PM cares fund the clean chit. What did the court think? Tune in and find out.

    6 min

  4. 08/12/2020

    14: Dissenting judgments - are they important

    In this episode of Court Reporter, legal journalist Murali Krishnan will explain what are dissenting judgments and why they are not irrelevant, with examples from Indian Supreme Court.

    8 min

  5. 08/05/2020

    13: Article 370: What the Supreme Court has done and not done

    In this episode, legal expert Murali Krishnan takes a look at the various petitions filed before the Supreme Court in the aftermath of the scrapping of Article 370 of the Constitution and what has happened in those petitions.

    10 min

  6. 07/29/2020

    12: Can Governor act contrary to chief minister's advice when summoning the state assembly?

    In this episode, legal expert Murali Krishnan examines the powers of the Governor to summon state assembly in the context of the present controversy playing out in Rajasthan.

    8 min

  7. 07/22/2020

    11: Rajasthan Politics and Speaker's Power Of Disqualification

    In this episode, legal expert Murali Krishnan has explained the legal battle that is happening in Rajasthan high court between the Rajasthan Assembly speaker CP Joshi and dissident Congress leader Sachin Pilot.

    9 min

  8. 07/15/2020

    10: Supreme Court's Padmanabhaswamy judgment explained

    In this episode, Murli Krishnan discusses, the legal nuances in the Padmanabhaswamy temple judgment given by Supreme Court on Monday and whether the judgment will have a major impact in other cases involving religious rights.

    9 min
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Court Reporter is a podcast series about topics and events on the functioning of courts, particularly the Supreme Court. In this podcast legal expert, Murali Krishnan will talk about the functioning of the Supreme Court during the COVID-19 lockdown & the legal issues which are relevant in today’s times. This is a Hindustan Times production, brought to you by HT Smartcast.

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