Interrogating India’s Equality Law Framework

Through the lens of law, this book addresses the state of social justice today and examines landmark judgments on crucial issues, such as the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes, denial of Scheduled Caste status to Christians and Muslims, EWS reservations, women’s representation in politics and the Uniform Civil Code. It also discusses the historical context and Constituent Assembly debates which shaped the drafting of the Constitution. The book simplifies the academic discussion around the equality provisions of the Constitution, analyses the institutions thus created and traces how they have fared in the seven decades since independence.