CASTE CITIZENS, LAW OF RESERVATION AND ANTIDISCRIMINATION IN INDIA
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Caste is somewhere a predominant factor in deciding and recognising the identity of an individual or a citizen in India. The identity factor is becoming important nowadays, when the society is principally driven by identity politics then the struggle for recognition become rational. In a liberal democratic society, the identities remain dominant and powerful and in recent past Indian politics is being obsessed with caste and class politics and the combination of these two promotes the regional classification of citizens into the caste citizens. It is unfortunate that the rights which are meant to enforce without any classification and if so then they must be reasonably classified, these rights are trying to use for the benefit of a class. The rights are meant to those who are citizens of a nation, though the Indian constitution is guarantee some rights to the non-citizens too. In this paper, it is also examined that is caste a ‘Bivalent Collectivity’ or not? It is also to be analysed about the predicament towards recognition and redistribution in context to caste system and caste citizens. It is known to everyone that India has lot many traditions which are culturally and customary driven in the society and specifically after the Post-independence period the statistics towards the ‘caste stratification’ has changed. After social movement for taking recognition the eye of constitution the determination of backwardness came into the picture. Therefore, in this paper the main focus is upon the past and present statuses of other backward class citizens in India and it will be observed through various landmark judgements in context to signifying the backwardness as criteria for taking reservations.
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