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Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking cancellation of Senthil Balaji’s bail
The DMK leader resigned from his ministerial post to remain on bail, a day before the hearing in the top court
29th Apr 2025
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Supreme Court grants permission to release Ranveer Allahbadia’s passport
In the next hearing, the Court will decide whether FIRs registered against Allahbadia in Assam and Maharashtra should be consolidated to one
28th Apr 2025
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Mighty broad shoulders
The Supreme Court has reason and precedent to shrug off recent criticism from executive functionaries and maintain its ‘dignified bearing’
27th Apr 2025
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Waqf law: 10 key objections of petitioners and Union’s responses
A rundown of the key concerns raised by petitions challenging the waqf amendments in the Supreme Court and the Union Government’s responses
26th Apr 2025
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SC solves competition-insolvency conundrum—or is there more to come?
The Bench held that obtaining Competition Commission clearance before presenting a resolution plan to creditors was mandatory, not directory
26th Apr 2025
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Delhi Pollution Crisis | We have mechanisms but no will to address issues, says Supreme Court
The Court warned that without expertise and staff NCR’s pollution boards remain toothless, regardless of the laws they’re bound by
25th Apr 2025
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SCO.LR | 2025 | Volume 4 | Issue 3
In this edition of SCO.LR, we summarise five significant and unmissable judgements from 14 April to 20 April 2025
23rd Apr 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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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
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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
