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Supreme Court stays Delhi HC suspension of Sengar’s life sentence
Sengar argued that the IPC definition of ‘public servant’ does not include an MLA; the CBI contended that it must be looked at contextually
31st Dec 2025
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Supreme Court Review 2025: Lacking a principled stance on environmental rights
In trying to strike balance between environmental rights and the development imperative, the SC delivered a mixed bag of verdicts in 2025
30th Dec 2025
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SCO.LR | 2025 | Volume 12 | Issue 5
In this Issue of SCO.LR, we bring you five bonus judgements from December 2025.
29th Dec 2025
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Supreme Court Review: Top 10 judgements of 2025
This year had it all: fom a rare advisory opinion to intra-court reversals; from transgender rights to finer points on judge appointments
29th Dec 2025
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The year of three Chiefs
From rising pendency to fewer Constitution Benches, from cash-in-an-outhouse to a Collegium dissent, our reporter reviews the year in the SC
28th Dec 2025
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Supreme Court Review 2025: Testing the limits of free speech
In balancing institutional sensitivities with open dialogue, the Court’s focus was on how the legal process could create a chilling effect
27th Dec 2025
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Supreme Court Review 2025: Seven new judges appointed to the top court
Two future Chief Justices of India were elevated in 2025; the year closed with 33 sitting judges
27th Dec 2025
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
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Do you have a right to the “truth serum” or narco analysis test in a criminal case?
8th Jan 2022