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2025 Winter Session Review
This winter, the Supreme Court witnessed Presidential Reference opinion, two Constitution Bench decisions and retirement of Justice Gavai
9th Jan 2026
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SC reserves judgement on impeachment proceedings against Justice Varma
Counsel debated whether coequal Houses can take divergent decisions on identical impeachment motions
8th Jan 2026
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Is the Supreme Court becoming a Court of first resort for the powerful?
A recent remark by the CJI suggests judicial hierarchy begins to fray when resources, urgency and influence determine access to justice
8th Jan 2026
Analysis
Umar Khalid bail case: Constitutional abdication, not judicial restraint
By denying bail to Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, the Supreme Court could have precipitated a doctrinal shift with implications for undertrials
8th Jan 2026
Analysis
Towards a new paradigm of intervention in criminal justice
A recent report from the Square Circle Clinic highlights the need for rigorous intervention in India’s legal aid landscape.
7th Jan 2026
Analysis
SC examines feasibility of Inquiry Committee against Justice Varma
Counsel argued that admission by both Houses is mandatory and questioned powers of the Deputy Chairman
7th Jan 2026
Analysis
Delhi Air Pollution Crisis | SC directs CAQM to identify causes and place findings in public domain
The Bench refused to grant long adjournments and said it would hear the matter on a continuous basis
6th Jan 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
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Do you have a right to the “truth serum” or narco analysis test in a criminal case?
8th Jan 2022







