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Saranda forest: Supreme Court mines for a middle ground
The Saranda forest case reflects another instance where the Court attempts to navigate the tightrope between preservation and progress
30th Oct 2025
Analysis
Personality rights: The law must not overprotect fame
A look at the spate of image-related cases filed by stars—through the prism of the rights to publicity, expression, privacy and livelihood
29th Oct 2025
Analysis
An orderly transition: CJI Gavai recommends Justice Kant as successor
From Chief Justice B.R. Gavai to Justice Surya Kant, the Supreme Court reaffirms its quiet tradition of continuity and convention
28th Oct 2025
Analysis
SCO.LR | 2025 | Volume 10 | Issue 4
In this Issue of SCO.LR, we bring you five bonus judgements of the Supreme Court from October 2025
27th Oct 2025
Analysis
How India’s judiciary tried to shape its own independence
Tensions between the Judiciary and the Executive over appointments were brewing even as the Constitution was being drafted
27th Oct 2025
Analysis
The annual haze
This year, the SC tweaked its approach to firecrackers from prohibition to regulation. Early signs suggest that the ‘test’ may have failed
27th Oct 2025
Analysis
Article 21 remains a divided promise in the Supreme Court’s bail jurisprudence
The selective reading of liberty in UAPA and PMLA cases hinges on the accused’s identity. A ‘Khalid Test’ could offer a course correction
27th Oct 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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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
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Do you have a right to the “truth serum” or narco analysis test in a criminal case?
8th Jan 2022