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What is the ‘definition of industry’ case about?
In a case that could reshape the country’s labour jurisprudence, a nine-judge Bench will hear arguments on the scope of the term “industry”
16th Mar 2026
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SCO.LR | 2026 | Volume 3 | Issue 3
In this Issue, we bring you five important judgements from 9 March to 13 March 2026.
16th Mar 2026
Analysis
In a first, Supreme Court gives green signal for passive euthanasia
In Harish Rana’s case, the SC held that artificial nutrition is a “medical treatment” which may be withheld in the patient’s “best interest”
16th Mar 2026
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SC records Haryana’s refusal to prosecute Prof. Mahmudabad over Operation Sindoor post
State tells the Court sanction to prosecute Mahmudabad declined “as a one-time magnanimity”
16th Mar 2026
Analysis
Touch me not
Another day, another ‘ban’—is the NCERT matter an opportunity for the Court to question alleged executive interference in curriculums?
16th Mar 2026
Analysis
Eight years later, Sabarimala is back in the Supreme Court
The Court will start hearing the review petition on 7 April. Here are the key aspects of the 2018 verdict that will be under scrutiny
13th Mar 2026
Analysis
Sri Lanka: A long-delayed judicial check on emergency powers
A landmark ruling breaks with decades of judicial deference to the State’s ‘public security’ claims amid rights violations
13th Mar 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
