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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
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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
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Pakistan: New court, old elite
Recent constitutional amendments have recalibrated the judicial role and entrenched the military’s influence on the political process
27th Feb 2026
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SCO.LR | 2026 | Volume 2 | Issue 4
Volume 2 Issue 4 of the Supreme Court Observer Law Reports is here! This will be the final issue of February as we move to March 2026.
23rd Feb 2026
Analysis
Nine-judge Summer
The much-awaited listing of the two nine-judge cases in the Supreme Court comes with a formal cap on hearing days
22nd Feb 2026
Analysis
Bhutan: Constitutional guarantees come up against resource constraints
Declining press freedom and two recent incidents highlight how institutional capacity continues to lag behind constitutional aspiration
20th Feb 2026
Analysis
Tiger Global: SC says ‘tax sovereignty comes first’ but verdict raises questions
The ruling in favour of Revenue leaves open several issues around indirect transfers, GAAR protections, and Tax Residency Certificates
19th 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
