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Balance of inconvenience
The Supreme Court’s stay on portions of the Waqf Amendment Act sidesteps deeper questions on irreparable harm and minority rights
21st Sep 2025
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Delhi Pollution Crisis | Supreme Court suggests criminal action against farmers for stubble burning
The Bench recommended the Union Government to consider imposing fines or imprisonment under the Indian penal laws
17th Sep 2025
Analysis
What the Justice Pancholi elevation reveals about the Supreme Court
The unexplained elevation of the judge in the face of a strong dissent in the Collegium has further eroded the Court’s credibility
16th Sep 2025
Analysis
SCO.LR | 2025 | Volume 9 | Issue 3
In this Issue of SCO.LR, we bring you five important judgements from 8 September to 13 September 2025
15th Sep 2025
Analysis
Covering the Court
Logging into the Supreme Court is like doing a mic check on the sound quality of India’s democracy
14th Sep 2025
Analysis
Monthly Review: August 2025
With a retirement, two new judges, a Presidential Reference and several other major cases, the top court had to juggle it all in August
12th Sep 2025
Analysis
SC suggests resettlement scheme for cadets disabled during training
The Court will continue monitoring the issue with the assistance of an amicus
12th Sep 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
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
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Channel
Do you have a right to the “truth serum” or narco analysis test in a criminal case?
8th Jan 2022