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Reservation for EWS: 5 Must Reads

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Will EWS Reservation Survive?

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Emergency judicial appointments

Analysis

How the Emergency birthed the Collegium system

The Emergency left deep scars on the judiciary—it took until the 1990s for the Supreme Court to acknowledge and respond to those compromises

detention

Analysis

Supreme Court quashes preventive detention of law student, says it cannot be invoked for breaking ‘law and order’

It clarified that the law on preventive detention can be used only when there is a threat to ‘public order’

President

Analysis

When SCOTUS refused to advise the President

Recently, the Indian President referred questions to the SC. It’s an opportunity to revisit an instance in another country at another time

Governor reference

Analysis

Almost all questions in presidential reference have been answered in TN Governor Judgement

The reference to the SC amounts to relitigating questions on the scope of presidential and gubernatorial powers around assent to state Bills

Article 21 right to life

Analysis

The right to life and personal liberty under Article 21: A timeline

50 years since the Emergency, SCO traces the Court’s gradual expansion of the right to life and personal liberty

SCO Team

26th Jun 2025

release

Analysis

Supreme Court grants ₹5 lakhs compensation for delay in prisoner’s release after bail

The Bench rebuked prison authorities for delaying release on “hyper-technical” grounds

Analysis

The constitutional sanction for preventive detention reeks of a fear of freedom

On the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, it’s clear that half-hearted attempts to ‘reform’ Article 22 won’t cut it—deletion is the answer

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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.