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Best of times, worst of times: Making sense of Justice Chandrachud’s disability jurisprudence
The former Chief Justice approached issues with compassion but his decisions are premised on disability operating in silos and margins
23rd Nov 2024
Analysis
Delhi pollution crisis: Can the Supreme Court clear the air?
A Division Bench appointed 13 advocates as Court Commissioners to ensure compliance with the ban on trucks at Delhi checkpoints
23rd Nov 2024
Analysis
Equality in public-private contracts: the Supreme Court’s judgment in the CORE arbitration case
The decision invalidating unilateral appointments to arbitral tribunals encourages the government to be a more responsible commercial player
23rd Nov 2024
Analysis
Unilateral appointment of arbitrators case | An issue for public or private law?
While the majority’s decision was grounded in constitutional law, the two partial dissents did not go beyond the Arbitration & Contract Acts
23rd Nov 2024
Analysis
The shake-up: Will CJI Khanna’s decisions on listing resolve pendency and delay troubles?
Even as advocates predict that the measure to not list regular matters is temporary, they demand the bar be consulted on listing issues
21st Nov 2024
Analysis
Perception and direction: The public engagements of Chief Justice Chandrachud
His frequent public appearances and charismatic personality invited unprecedented attention to an opaque institution
20th Nov 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
