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A cure without a disease: The Delhi Metro Rail Case
One unnecessary advance for curative petitions, two steps backward for arbitration
24th Apr 2024
Analysis
Breweries, refineries, treasuries
Two cases, three lists and a turf war between the Centre and states
21st Apr 2024
Analysis
The making and unmaking of the Electoral Bond Scheme: Part 2
Several elections came and went before the top Court heard the case on merits. Yet, petitioners believe their eventual victory is not hollow
17th Apr 2024
Analysis
Delhi Liquor Policy | Supreme Court issues notice to ED in Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest
The Bench will hear Kejriwal’s plea in the last week of April; Enforcement Directorate to file response a week before that
15th Apr 2024
Analysis
When Dr Ambedkar argued in the Supreme Court
In his only known case in the SC, the key architect of the Constitution evoked its ‘spirit’ in a precursor to the Basic Structure doctrine
13th Apr 2024
Analysis
The making and unmaking of the Electoral Bond Scheme: Part 1
The Supreme Court’s judgement has validated the concerns expressed by various stakeholders during the planning stage of the Scheme.
11th Apr 2024
Analysis
Monthly Review: March 2024
In March 2024, Division Benches of the top court passed crucial orders which impact governance, elections and free speech
11th Apr 2024
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
