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The Court’s back!
We bring you the key highlights from the first week of the Supreme Court’s new term
20th Jul 2025
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Supreme Court Half Yearly 2025: Freedom of Speech
The Court acted with a mix of pragamatism and paternalism in free speech cases in the first half of 2025
18th Jul 2025
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What the ANI v Wikimedia case tells us about ‘open justice’
By reversing the Delhi HC’s order to take down a page reporting court proceedings, the SC upheld the public’s right to access information
16th Jul 2025
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Has the Supreme Court done enough to protect press freedom?
While it has delivered relief in instances, it has a less admirable record in battling the chilling effect of covert forms of press control
15th Jul 2025
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SCO.LR | 2025 | Volume 7 | Issue 2
In this Issue of SCO.LR, we bring you five bonus unmissable judgements from January to May 2025
14th Jul 2025
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Trusting the Election Commission
In a hearing on electoral roll revision, the SC reiterated its inclination to trust the ECI, but not before offering friendly advice
13th Jul 2025
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2025 Supreme Court Half-Yearly Review: Child Rights
The Court maintained a steady beat in cases involving child rights and delivered key decisions concerning POCSO victims
11th Jul 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'.
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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
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Do you have a right to the “truth serum” or narco analysis test in a criminal case?
8th Jan 2022