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Old verdict, new divisions
In the recent debate around VP candidate Justice Reddy’s 2011 verdict in the Salwa Judum case, Maoism is the straw man
31st Aug 2025
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Do former judges make better arbitrators?
In this excerpt from his essay on the SC and arbitration, Amit George details pressing issues around judicial intervention and restraint
28th Aug 2025
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How the Aadhaar case remained on ice
In this excerpt from a longer essay, Usha Ramanthan details delays and flagrant violations of judicial orders in the UIDAI litigation
28th Aug 2025
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Final until it’s not: The Supreme Court’s beating retreat
The Court’s quick reversals in three recent cases raise questions about procedure, legitimacy, and finality
26th Aug 2025
Analysis
SCO.LR | 2025 | Volume 8 | Issue 4
In this Issue of SCO.LR, we bring you five important judgements from 18 August to 23 August 2025
25th Aug 2025
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‘Persecuting people in the country, that’s what you’re doing’: Kapil Sibal asks as SC quashes FIR against professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad
The Court held that no offence by Mahmudabad was disclosed in the FIR, barred the courts from taking cognisance of the chargesheet
25th Aug 2025
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Samay Raina, Sonali Thakkar and other comedians must publish unconditional apology online, Supreme Court Orders
The Court deliberated on the guidelines for online speech to avoid future instances that could hurt the sentiments of certain groups
25th Aug 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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Do you have a right to the “truth serum” or narco analysis test in a criminal case?
8th Jan 2022