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Are there limits to the Speaker’s discretion in deciding an impeachment motion?
The Justice Varma case spotlights the Speaker’s power in impeachment procedure, which will be tested again in the Justice Swaminathan matter
18th Dec 2025
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Delhi Air Pollution Crisis | SC allows action against pre-BS-IV vehicles
The Bench was informed about school closures, stipends for construction workers and pollution contributed due to toll booths.
17th Dec 2025
Analysis
Crocs-Bata: Supreme Court misses opportunity to clarify a key question of design and trademark law
In treating ‘trade dress’ and ‘trademark’ as distinct concepts, two benches of the Delhi High Court may have overlooked a doctrinal point
17th Dec 2025
Analysis
SCO.LR | Volume 12 | Issue 3
In this Issue of SCO.LR, we bring you five important judgements from 8 December to 13 December 2025
15th Dec 2025
Analysis
Lifting the veil
A habeas plea concerning five missing Rohingyas has led to concerns on the safeguards owed to non-citizens.
15th Dec 2025
Analysis
Umar Khalid’s bail application | Supreme Court reserves judgement
The Delhi police relied on chats, speeches, secret meetings and location data to argue Khalid’s involvement in the Delhi Riots conspiracy
10th Dec 2025
Analysis
Six years later, Delhi riots bail hearing hinges on whether speeches justify UAPA charges
Petitioners challenged detention, citing prolonged investigation and repeated supplementary chargesheets
9th 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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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