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Delhi Pollution Crisis | SC calls winter pollution curbs “old, tried and failed”
The Bench questioned why Delhi's pollution persists despite years of curbs and whether authorities have explored scientific alternatives.
6th Nov 2026
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Can the green crackers succeed where bans fail?
The Supreme Court’s temporary, tightly controlled permission for certified green crackers is an experiment.
6th Nov 2026
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Master of the roster, author of uncertainty
Why we need a timeline for larger bench references
6th Nov 2026
Analysis
Why we must protect journalists’ sources
The DPDP Act’s challenge by the publishers opens up a debate on why journalists cannot be compelled to disclose their sources.
4th Nov 2026
Analysis
“You cannot occupy a site for all times”: SC weighs right to protest against livelihood
Traders sought a pause in protests as the Court questioned surveillance and heard allegations of police excesses against journalists.
3rd Nov 2026
Analysis
Monthly review: October 2026
From protests in Delhi to contempt notices and recusals, October kept Court at the centre of the political fray
3rd Nov 2026
Analysis
SCO.LR | 2026 | Volume 11 | Issue 1
In this Issue, we identify five important judgements from 26 October to 30 October 2026
2nd Nov 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
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
