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Category: Reservation

Domicile Reservation in National Law Universities – A Response to Alok Prasanna Kumar

On January 14, 2021 By Rohit Sharma and Varun Kannan In Legal Education, Reservation

In this post, the authors respond to Alok Prasanna’s piece on domicile reservations, published in the Economic and Political Weekly. They argue that domicile reservations could make National Law Universities less inclusive.

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Sub-Classification within Reserved Seats

On October 13, 2020 By Chitranksha Kumari In Explainer, Reservation

This piece analyses the recent Supreme Court decision on sub-classification in reservations in the case of Davinder Singh. The article also explores the judicial precedents that were examined by the court in this judgement.

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Asymmetrical Federalism and the 100% Reservation Judgment

On July 16, 2020 By Vishal Rakhecha In Federalism, New Scholarship, Reservation

[Editorial Note: This post is a part of a new initiative – New Scholarship, through which we aim to promote recently published scholarship in the area of Public Law. As part of this series, we …

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Developments in Equality Jurisprudence

On June 23, 2020 By Vishal Rakhecha In Constitutional Law, Courts and Constitution, Discrimination, Editor's Choice, Equality, Manifest Arbitrariness, Reservation

The penultimate panel for the 2nd edition of The Courts & The Constitution, focused on reviewing the developments in equality jurisprudence over 2019. The panel was moderated by Professor Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Vice-Chancellor, NLSIU. Arundhati Katju …

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Economic Quota And The Basic Structure Doctrine – Exploring The Oddities (Part 1)

On February 20, 2019 By Anant Sangal In Constitutional Law, Equality, Reservation, Supreme Court of India

This article is the first part of a two-part series on the 103rd amendment which provides for a maximum of ten percent reservation to the economically weaker sections of citizens, and deals with a brief history of the jurisprudence surrounding reservations in India.

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Economic Quota And The Basic Structure Doctrine – Exploring The Oddities (Part 2)

On February 20, 2019 By Anant Sangal In Equality, Reservation, Supreme Court of India

This article is the second part of a two-part series on the 103rd amendment which provides for a maximum of ten percent reservation to the economically weaker sections of citizens, and discusses the jurisprudence on equality vis-a-vis reservations.

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Domicile Reservation in India: Denial of Opportunities and Compromise with Diversity

On June 25, 2018 By Tushit Mishra In Constitutional Law, Equality, Reservation

Following the footprints of state governments in Karnataka and Odisha, Rajasthan state government has also proposed to extend domicile reservation in National Law University, Jodhpur. Last year, an amendment bill which provided for reserving 50% …

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