Numbers are everything in reservations: Madras HC’s Vanniyar quota verdict emphases sub-quotas need to be backed by quantifiable data

India’s first quota law – ‘Communal Government Order’ – providing for caste-based reservation was implemented in Madras Presidency in 1927. Since 1951, the backward community (BC) got 25% exclusive quota. In 1980, the MG Ramachandran...

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