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Reservation for EWS: 5 Must Reads

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Will EWS Reservation Survive?

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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

Advay Vora

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

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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

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What constitutes quality legal assistance?

Supreme Court revives mother’s appeal in dowry death case, faults High Court on legal aid

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Monthly Review: August 2026

The Supreme Court spent August looking at itself, its docket and the law it has left unsettled

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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

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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.

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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.
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.

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.

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.

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.