National Commission for Scheduled Castes and National Commission for Scheduled Tribes stated under Article 338 and Article 338 A of the Indian Constitution are a constitutional body and not a statutory body. Some other authorities like The National Commission for Minorities (1992), The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (2007) are statutory bodies as…
Panchayati Raj is the system of local self governance in India. Panchayats are the bodies which are run and managed by the people who are elected by the local people through elections at village level. Through 73rd Amendment Act Panchayati Raj was instituted and was given a constitutional mandate. Various committees were formed to work…
Reservations have been a contentious subject in this country’s history for generations. It has experienced ages of distinction in the educational and job sectors based on caste, class, educational, financial, and social background rather than open competition and merit. This has resulted in two outcomes. On the one hand, it has endeavoured to achieve the…
Reservation policy The Mandal Commission adopted various methods and techniques to collect the necessary data and evidence. In order to identify who qualified as an “other backward class,” the commission adopted eleven criteria which could be grouped under three major headings: social, educational and economic. 11 criteria were developed to identify OBCs. Social Castes/classes considered…
INTRODUCTION In any society across the world, there are certain groups of people who have suffered historical disadvantages due to institutionalized mechanisms of inequality and structures of inequality. These groups need specific ameliorative measures and compensatory mechanisms so that the historical wrong can be undone. These measures are brought about in ways like Positive Discrimination,…
“It is against the fundamental principles of humanity, it is against the dictates of reason that a man should, by reason of birth, be denied or given extra privileges” – Mahatma Gandhi Article 14 of the Indian Constitution guarantees equality of status and opportunity, and it is a fundamental right that protects equality before the…
The creamy layer refers to the small section of privileged individuals who are part of the socially backward class, however, are not socially backwards and occupy the topmost position in the socio-economic hierarchy of that particular class. This concept is limited to Other Backward classes (“OBC”) only. Excluding the wealthy and advantaged is the only…
Introduction India is a land of numerous communities. Some were historically more dominant than other, creating generations of opportunities for some at the cost of oppression of others. Reservations have been a heavily debated topic for years. While some are ardent supporters of implementation of affirmative policies for the upliftment of disadvantaged communities, there are…
RESERVATIONS IN TAMIL NADU The booking strategy of the provincial state helped just the upper layers of non-Brahmins in Tamil Nadu. Their strength in the organs of the state and civil government and in instructive establishments and taxpayer supported organizations has proceeded later Independence. INTRODUCTION IN the brave period of Tamilagam, until the third century…
The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth Amendment) Bill, 2019, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on January 08, 2019, with an aim to provide reservation in higher education and public employment to ‘economically weaker sections of the society. The Bill was passed in the Lower House of the Parliament with only three members voting against…
