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A Trial for Institutional Sanctity
The Court made many right noises during the VVPAT hearing, they were missing in its judgement.
6th May 2024
Analysis
Supreme Court considers interim bail for Arvind Kejriwal
Senior Advocate AM Singhvi argued that the ED must have strong reasons to believe that Kejriwal was the “kingpin” of the Liquor Policy case
4th May 2024
Analysis
Borrowing Battles: Kerala’s Curious Reliance on Constitutional History
An adversarial Union, backed by Article 293, was undermining Kerala's escape route from crippling debt
3rd May 2024
Analysis
Supreme Court asks ED to demonstrate Kejriwal’s involvement in the Liquor Policy case
Relying on the timeline of events, Singhvi argued that the co-accused in the Liquor Scam case were pressured into implicating Kejriwal
1st May 2024
Analysis
“This is a cat and mouse game”: Senior Advocate A.M. Singhvi on Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest
Singhvi argued that the arrest did not meet the criteria for arrest laid down by the Prevention of Money Laundering Act
30th Apr 2024
Analysis
Schrodinger’s Article
In a case about the nature of private property, the top court has had to grapple with an Article that may or may not exist
28th Apr 2024
Analysis
A cure without a disease: The Delhi Metro Rail Case
One unnecessary advance for curative petitions, two steps backward for arbitration
24th Apr 2024
From the editor's desk
The differential levels of scrutiny the Court applies to studies on caste vis-a-vis economic backwardness may have deep and abiding implications for how affirmative action policies are crafted in the future, and is especially prescient in a situation where challenges to EWS reservations remain pending.
The Mandal and Sinho Commissions: A Study in Contrasts
Studies examining caste-based backwardness have a higher bar to pass than those studying backwardness within the ‘general category'.
SCO Team
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Analysis
Can the Supreme Court Provide Reservations for Orphans?
With the petition seeking orphans to be identified as a backward class, are we moving away from a caste centric definition of backwardness.
8th Jun 2021
Analysis
Part I—The Mandal and Sinho Commissions: A Study in Contrasts
There is a marked difference in the methodology employed by the Mandal and Major Sinho Commissions in studying backwardness.
11th Jan 2022
Analysis
SC Offers Hope for OBC Reservations in Maharashtra Municipal Elections
The Maharashtra government was directed to submit data justifying its OBC reservation policy to the State Commission for Backward Castes.
20th Jan 2022
Analysis
Medical Students Relieved as SC Issues Order in PG NEET Case
DESK BRIEF: The SC issued an Order allowing the Union to immediately commence counselling for admissions to postgraduate medical programmes.
8th Jan 2022
