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Reservation for EWS: 5 Must Reads

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Will EWS Reservation Survive?

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Veritaserum, Narco analysis test

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The Right to Truth (Serum)

The Supreme Court clarified whether an accused person had a right seek a voluntary narco-analysis test to lead evidence

report

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Justice Varma had ‘covert or active control’ of store room, finds committee

The in-house committee set up by CJI Khanna also found evidence of cash being removed from the store room in the early hours of 15 March

Thug Life

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Parties agree before SC to support safe release of ‘Thug Life’ in Karnataka

The Court refrained from laying down guidelines or imposing costs on those stalling the release of the movie

karnataka

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Extra-judicial ban on ‘Thug Life’ in Karnataka is contrary to rule of law, says SC

The top court transferred the case pending before the Karnataka High Court to itself while granting the state one day to respond

June

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SCO.LR | 2025 | Volume 6 | Issue 2

In this Issue of SCO.LR, we summarise five significant and unmissable judgements from 1 June to 15 June 2025

SCO Team

17th Jun 2025

inter-faith

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SC grants bail in Uttarakhand inter-faith marriage case

The SC's grant of bail in an inter-faith marriage case highlights the need to hear long-pending challenges to anti-conversion laws

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A revenue ‘stream’ for states

A recent Supreme Court judgement upheld an added financial burden imposed by states on DTH providers through an “entertainment tax”

Advay Vora

15th Jun 2025

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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.
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.

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.

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.

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.