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SCO.LR | 2026 | Volume 8 | Issue 2
In this issue, we shortlist five important judgements from 3 August to 8 August 2026
10th Aug 2026
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Learning and unlearning
The Supreme Court’s latest report on gender asks a question that appeals rarely do: how do judges learn to write?
9th Aug 2026
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From questionnaire to committee: Himachal’s ecology case turns a year old
A year after warning Himachal Pradesh could vanish, the Court handed its ecology case to the Central Empowered Committee.
7th Aug 2026
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From Boston to Bhopal? The SC’s new publication on gender stereotypes
While the 2026 Report promises more practical training for judges, it may turn out less useful to tackle all kinds of gender stereotypes
7th Aug 2026
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Vanashakti III | Judgement Summary
The Bench held that the Environment (Protection) Act allows limited post-facto environmental clearances in exceptional cases
6th Aug 2026
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Vanashakti III restores rule and exception
A three-Judge Bench declares prior clearance mandatory, corrects the precedent record, and forgives every project already in the pipeline.
5th Aug 2026
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Grading the Courts on openness
A new index scores India's higher judiciary on disclosure, and no court clears 60 percent
5th Aug 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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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
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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
