amicus curiae
Coverage of amicus curiae in the Nexus archive.
- PUCL demands action against Bihar police officers for illegal detention of its members
PUCL demands action against Bihar police officers for the illegal detention of its members. PUCL Bihar Unit General Secretary Sarfaraz stated that Akash Keshav, Advocate-on-Record at Patna High Court, has assisted the court as Amicus Curiae.
- Revisiting which Supreme Court cases are actually the most important
The article proposes evaluating the importance of U.S. Supreme Court cases by analyzing the number of amicus curiae briefs filed and refining this metric by considering the citation history of filers in past court opinions. It critiques the bias of raw brief counts toward civil rights cases and suggests weighting filers' reputations based on how often the court has cited them previously.
- Supreme Court declines urgent hearing on report over Saidulajab building collapse
The Supreme Court declined an urgent hearing on a report regarding the Saidulajab building collapse. The amicus curiae requested a city-wide structural audit of buildings under MCD’s jurisdiction and the sealing and demolition of illegal structures.