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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
23rd Jun 2025
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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
20th Jun 2025
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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
19th Jun 2025
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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
17th Jun 2025
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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
17th Jun 2025
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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
17th Jun 2025
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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”
15th Jun 2025
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
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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
