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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.

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.  

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.  

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. 

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. 

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.

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.  

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. 

In this episode, legal expert Murli Krishnan talks about the problems and discrepancies in the recent ruling of the permanent court of arbitration in the Italian marines case which involved the killing of two Indian fishermen. 

In this episode, legal expert Murali Krishnan talks about  the current crop of Supreme Court judges, some interesting facts about their appointments, tenures etc.

In this episode, legal expert Murali Krishnan talks about the order passed by Supreme Court exactly 45 years ago on June 24 which acted as a trigger for then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to impose national emergency. 

In this episode of Court Reporter, legal-expert Murali Krishnan explains the importance of the issue surrounding the money bill. 

In this episode, Murali Krishnan discusses how the lockdown has affected the lives of lawyers and why many lawyers associations are demanding to reopen courts.

 In this episode, Murali Krishnan discusses aspects of video conference hearings in courts and tries to find an answer to whether such virtual courts will replace physical courts. But will such hearings through video conferencing completely replace physical court hearings? Will technology take over court procedures? Let's find out! 

Constitutional basis refers to a provision in the constitution that allows declaration of such a lockdown. Similarly, a legal basis means a law enacted by the parliament for resorting to such measures. Is there something in the Indian Constitution that allows such declaration or is it based on some law enacted by the Parliament? Let us find out.

In this episode, Murali Krishnan discusses the important decisions taken by the Supreme Court during the lockdown period and the criticism it invited due to its handling of petitions on migrant laborers issue.

Cases from all over the country are piling up for the Supreme Court during lockdown but urgent hearings can be secured. This episode discusses the controversy of the listing of Arnab Goswami's case and a blast from the past. Tune in to know more!