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Maldives: Supermajority enables ‘rule by law’
An anti-defection law—followed by moves against independent commissions, the judiciary and the media—has hollowed out constitutional checks
6th Mar 2026
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Beyond ‘Special’: How the 2025 Bihar SIR marks a break from the past
As the SC considers its verdict in the roll revision case following 29 hearing days, it must confront the history of electoral safeguards
6th Mar 2026
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Monthly Review: February 2026
Rather than a single, headline-making decision, February was marked with steady engagement across long-pending matters
6th Mar 2026
Analysis
100 days of CJI Surya Kant
What was promised? What has been achieved? What can we expect? A brief look at the 53rd Chief Justice’s first 100 days.
4th Mar 2026
Analysis
SCO.LR | 2026 | Volume 3 | Issue 1
In this issue of SCO.LR, we bring you five important judgements from 23 February to 28 February.
2nd Mar 2026
Analysis
Curriculum under contempt
The Supreme Court’s order to ban a school textbook referring to judicial corruption tests the limits of its own free speech jurisprudence
2nd Mar 2026
Analysis
Supreme Court reiterates that confession to Customs officer is admissible as evidence
This decision came in a 40-year-old smuggling case, where the officers have separately been accused of custodial torture of the confessor
27th Feb 2026
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
