The Supreme Court of India (IAST: Bhāratīya Ucchatama Nyāyālaya) is the supreme judicial body of India and the highest court of India under the constitution. It is the most senior constitutional court, and has the power of judicial review.

adjective. highest in rank or authority; paramount; sovereign; chief. of the highest quality, degree, character, importance, etc.: supreme courage. greatest, utmost, or extreme: supreme disgust.

The phrase ‘supreme court’ can be used as both a proper and common noun. When it refers to a specific supreme court, such as the U.S. Supreme Court…

To the greatest, highest, or utmost degree.

noun. the highest court of the U.S. (in many states) the highest court of the state. (lowercase) (in some states) a court of general jurisdiction subordinate to an appeals court.

Landmark United States Supreme Court Cases

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)
• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
• Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
• Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
• Schenck v. United States (1919)
• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
• Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
• Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

(In the trial court, the first name listed is the plaintiff, the party bringing the suit. The name following the “v” is the defendant. If the case is appealed, as in this example, the name of the petitioner (appellant) is usually listed first, and the name of the respondent (appellee) is listed second.

Supreme Court Landmarks

• Board of Education of Independent School District #92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls (2002)
• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
• Cooper v. Aaron (1958)
• Engel v. Vitale (1962)
• Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
• Goss v. Lopez (1975)
• Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)
• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988)

The term “opinions,” as used here, refers to several types of writing by the Justices. The most well known are the opinions of the Court announced in cases in which the Court has heard oral argument. Each sets out the Court’s judgment and its reasoning.

Terms in this set (4)

• Unanious. All agree.
• Majority. Most agree but not all.
• Discent. Don’t agree, disagree.
• Conquring. Voted with majority, but don’t agree with the reasons.

Describe the three kinds of opinions a Supreme Court justice may write about a decided case: majority opinion, dissenting opinion, concurring opinions.

The highest and final authority for all of the decisions is the Supreme Court.

When the Supreme Court rules on a constitutional issue, that judgment is virtually final; its decisions can be altered only by the rarely used procedure of constitutional amendment or by a new ruling of the Court.

N. V. Ramana

One cannot appeal a Supreme Court decision because the Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in the United States.

As a general rule, the final judgment of a lower court can be appealed to the next higher court only once. In any one case, the number of appeals thus depends on how many courts are “superior” to the court that made the decision, and sometimes what the next high court decides or what the basis for your appeal is.

In India, a binding decision of the Supreme Court/High Court can be reviewed in Review Petition. The parties aggrieved on any order of the Supreme Court on any apparent error can file a review petition.

The appellate courts do not retry cases or hear new evidence. They do not hear witnesses testify. There is no jury. Appellate courts review the procedures and the decisions in the trial court to make sure that the proceedings were fair and that the proper law was applied correctly.

A: On the average, about six weeks. Once a petition has been filed, the other party has 30 days within which to file a response brief, or, in some cases waive his/ her right to respond.

Unless otherwise noted, the Court generally hears two, one-hour oral arguments, with attorneys for each side of a case given 30 minutes to make a presentation to the Court and answer questions posed by the Justices. These sessions are open to the public.

Typically, the Court hears cases that have been decided in either an appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals or the highest Court in a given state (if the state court decided a Constitutional issue). The Supreme Court has its own set of rules. According to these rules, four of the nine Justices must vote to accept a case.

Therefore, the Supreme Court can make the final interpretation of the laws. However, on several occasions, the Supreme Court has reversed the government’s decisions and in many cases, the government did not accept the Supreme Court’s rulings.

There are no explicit requirements in the U.S. Constitution for a person to be nominated to become a Supreme Court justice. No age, education, job experience, or citizenship rules exist. In fact, according to the Constitution, a Supreme Court justice does not need to even have a law degree.

Further, if judges do not use this entitlement, they will be paid a monthly allowance equal to 30% of their salary. The Bill seeks to revise this allowance to 24% of their salary….

Mayank Pratap Singh

Judicial review to examine the constitutionality of legislative enactments and executive orders. The grounds of review is limited by Parliamentary legislation or rules made by the Supreme Court. 3. Deciding authority regarding the election of President and Vice President.

(ii) Highest Court of justice and hears appeals against High Court decisions, civil and criminal cases. (iii) Guardian of our constitution and fundamental rights. (iv) It can declare any law of the legislature or executive invalid. (v) People can approach Supreme Court if their rights are violated.

The best-known power of the Supreme Court is judicial review, or the ability of the Court to declare a Legislative or Executive act in violation of the Constitution, is not found within the text of the Constitution itself.

As the final arbiter of the law, the Court is charged with ensuring the American people the promise of equal justice under law and, thereby, also functions as guardian and interpreter of the Constitution.

The federal court system has three main levels: district courts (the trial court), circuit courts which are the first level of appeal, and the Supreme Court of the United States, the final level of appeal in the federal system.