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Reservation for EWS: 5 Must Reads

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Will EWS Reservation Survive?

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Supreme Court directs Manipur government to disclose details of properties destroyed or encroached after violence

The Court has also instructed the Justice Gita Mittal Committee monitoring rehabilitation in Manipur to share its report with petitioners

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Bail for the minister

The outcome in a petition seeking cancellation of DMK minister Senthil Balaji’s bail could shape the NDA’s PMLA strategy in its third term

Advay Vora

9th Dec 2024

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Four decisions by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud that advanced party autonomy in arbitration (and one that didn’t)

His contribution to jurisprudence was progressive and limited court intervention, though the Delhi Metro case sticks out like a sore thumb

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Gaps in GRAP: SC pushes for accountability and action

Judicial scrutiny of the pollution crisis highlights systemic failures, poor coordination, & the challenges in enforcing emergency measures

Manasi Shah

2nd Dec 2024

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To speak or not to speak: The lingering question of compelled speech in India

The Indian Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on compelled speech, largely developed through cases relating to cinema halls, is undercooked

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From Babri to Sambhal

The top court’s approach to place of worship cases may have emboldened right-wing groups to take the judicial route to open a can of worms

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“No earnest effort to implement…”: SC cracks down on negligence amid Delhi’s pollution crisis

A Division Bench bench flagged GRAP violations in Delhi, questioning police and state inaction as pollution continues to choke the capital

Manasi Shah

25th Nov 2024

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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.