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Supreme Court’s adoption of roster system for appointment of SC, ST candidates came thirty years too late and yet more is to be done
Justice K. Chandru (Retd.)
04 Jul 2025
6 min read
Supreme Court issues notice in plea seeking compartmentalised horizontal reservations for transgender persons in NEET PG 2025-26
The Leaflet
10 May 2025
2 min read
Book review: Anurag Bhaskar’s book gives a foresighted account of the many myths appropriating Babasaheb Ambedkar
Mohammad Adil
14 Apr 2025
5 min read
Despite a woman Chief Minister, the Delhi elections firmly establish the immediacy of the Women’s Reservation Bill
Harsh Bodwal
28 Feb 2025
5 min read
The year that was—7 | Supreme Court on State-sanctioned caste-based discrimination inside Indian Prisons
Nitin Saluja
01 Jan 2025
4 min read
The year that was—6 | State of Punjab versus Davinder Singh: Sub-categorisation in reservations
Basawa Prasad Kunale
01 Jan 2025
4 min read
Reservations, sub-categorisation and the curious case of empty SC/ST posts: An interview with Dr K.S. Chauhan
Abhish K. Bose
08 Nov 2024
13 min read
Unmarriageability, subclassification and the persistence of caste— Part 2
A.B. Karl Marx Siddharthar
28 Aug 2024
6 min read
Sub-categorisation judgment: A progressive ratio piggybacked by a noxious obiter
Arvind Narrain
17 Aug 2024
10 min read
Unmarriageability, subclassification and the persistence of caste— Part 1
A.B. Karl Marx Siddharthar
16 Aug 2024
21 min read
Is the ground more fertile or does it produce a better yield because of its caste?
Akshat Jain
15 Aug 2024
20 min read
Subcategorisation verdict: India needs a reservation model solving the problem of caste, not perpetuating it
Anand Teltumbde
14 Aug 2024
15 min read
Sub-classification may create more problems than it solves
Lakshya Anant
08 Aug 2024
9 min read
Understanding the quota-reformation protests in Bangladesh
Sukanya Maity
20 Jul 2024
7 min read
The Calcutta High Court’s flawed judgment on OBC reservations for Pasmanda Muslims sets a dangerous precedent
Dr. Ayaz Ahmad
08 Jul 2024
16 min read
Calcutta High Court directs govt to implement horizontal reservation for transgender persons
Gursimran Kaur Bakshi
27 Jun 2024
5 min read
Explained: The Patna HC’s striking down of quota hike to 65 percent
The Leaflet
21 Jun 2024
9 min read
Are OBC reservations for Muslims constitutional? Implications of the Calcutta High Court judgment
Mokshith Venkata Shiva Bhyri
15 Jun 2024
10 min read
Sub-classification of Scheduled Castes: Homogeneity in forwardness, non-homogeneity in backwardness
Asang Wankhede
25 Feb 2024
13 min read
Sub-categorisation within Backward Classes as per Indra Sawhney continues to be good in law: Supreme Court on Day 3
Gursimran Kaur Bakshi
08 Feb 2024
9 min read
Scheduled Castes homogenous class for designation, not vocations: Kapil Sibal on Day 2 of the sub-classification hearings
Gursimran Kaur Bakshi
07 Feb 2024
9 min read
Weakest of the weak need constitutional protection, Punjab tells SC on Day 1 of subclassification within Scheduled Castes
Gursimran Kaur Bakshi
06 Feb 2024
6 min read
AMU minority status case: An opportunity to repair the illusion of a secular republic
Dr. Ayaz Ahmad
04 Feb 2024
9 min read
AMU minority status case: A comprehensive summary of the eight days of hearings
Riya Raj
02 Feb 2024
18 min read
Madras HC suggests 1 percent horizontal reservation for transgender persons in TN
Harsh Mahaseth
17 Jan 2024
6 min read
Why are IITs losing so many students and will they be able to plug the leak?
Anushka Kogta
19 Nov 2023
5 min read
Struggles of obtaining caste certificates: Reflections on the law of Gujarat
Kanuni Lok Sahayta Kendra, Mandvi
15 Nov 2023
13 min read
Caste is in the very air we breathe
Kalyani Tembhe
28 Oct 2023
7 min read
Constitutional and legal implications of the Bihar caste survey
Dr. Ayaz Ahmad
20 Oct 2023
5 min read
Caste census: A controversy since 1910
Rejimon Kuttappan
14 Oct 2023
6 min read
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