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What is the challenge against BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra?
The Court’s response suggests a focus on Mishra’s 12 year long tenure while concerns regarding PEARL-FIRST Trust remain
5th Sep 2026
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No discount for insurer when employer accommodates disability
The Supreme Court recognised an important aspect of functional disability but leaves tribunals in the dark
5th Sep 2026
Analysis
When an AI hallucination enters an executive order
A recent Supreme Court decision raises questions on whether safeguards governing AI-assisted adjudication extend to departmental authorities
3rd Sep 2026
Analysis
What constitutes quality legal assistance?
Supreme Court revives mother’s appeal in dowry death case, faults High Court on legal aid
2nd Sep 2026
Analysis
Monthly Review: August 2026
The Supreme Court spent August looking at itself, its docket and the law it has left unsettled
2nd Sep 2026
Analysis
SC quashes Jantar Mantar protest FIRs across India, permits fresh FIR against 2873
CJI said the order would provide a “healing balm” to protesters while preserving the State’s right to prosecute alleged offenders
1st Sep 2026
Analysis
ACJ Sharma controversy: Collegium recommends a new Rajasthan High Court CJ
While the SC Collegium acted swiftly to contain the protests; the resolutions left the question of accountability open.
1st Sep 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








