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On August 27, 2020, in State of Punjab vs Davinder Singh, the Supreme Court in a five-judge constitutional bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra deliberated on the validity of sub-classification in the reservation list for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs).
This piece by our Sr. editor @asurendranath, for @epw_in ,examines the reasoning of the court in Davinder Singh that moves the direction of the constitutional discourse towards a similar treatment for OBCs and SCs. https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/37/comment/limited-imagination-reservation.html">https://www.epw.in/journal/2...
This thesis authored by our Sr. editor @asurendranath focuses on the distribution of quotas in higher education & public employment within identified beneficiary groups. It also exposes the limitation of reservations as a tool of social transformation.
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This article by Abhinav Chandrachud, for @LiveLawIndia, analyses the different aspects of the sub-classification judgment and discusses its various implications. https://www.livelaw.in/columns/sub-classification-and-reservation-162484">https://www.livelaw.in/columns/s...
This article by Anuna Tiwari, for the Indian Constitutional Law and Philosophy, revolves around the debate on reservation within reserved seats & gives an analysis of the decisions taken by the court in the Davinder Singh & E.V. Chinnaiah judgments. https://indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2020/09/03/guest-post-sub-classification-in-reservations/">https://indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2020/09/0...
This article by Siddharth Seem, for @thewire_in, examines the reasons for revisiting the E.V. Chinnaiah judgment while arguing that it misread the ruling in Indra Sawhney. https://thewire.in/law/scheduled-castes-chinnaiah-arun-mishra-supreme-court">https://thewire.in/law/sched...
This piece by @apurva_hv for the @IndianExpress, explains the concept of and grounds for sub-classification in reservation and explores the arguments against the same. https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/supreme-court-sc-st-reservation-quota-6572693/">https://indianexpress.com/article/e...
This article by Rashmi Venkatesan, for @thewire_in , criticizes the Jarnail Singh judgment over its failure to take into account the social reality of caste discrimination and injustice. https://thewire.in/rights/supreme-courts-application-of-creamy-layer-to-sc-st-employees-hides-caste-and-class-bias">https://thewire.in/rights/su...
This article by Kailash Jeenger, for @thewire_in, criticizes the narrative of economically advanced classes within SCs/STs usurping the benefits of reservation and argues that idea behind reservation was to disavow caste-monopoly in the public sector. https://thewire.in/law/supreme-court-bench-reservation">https://thewire.in/law/supre...
This article by @MandhaniApoorva, for @ThePrintIndia , gives a detailed outline of the Davinder Singh judgement including the various constitutional provisions invoked as well as the laws and precedents in question. https://theprint.in/judiciary/there-are-unequals-within-scs-sts-what-supreme-court-said-on-quota-sub-classification/490713/">https://theprint.in/judiciary...
We thank our Reporter, Chitranksha Kumari, for collating the data on this reading list.
