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Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· May 07, 2024 · 07:30 am

Explainer: How Supreme Court put in place a 50% quota cap (and why it’s frequently breached)

Vineet Bhalla

· Oct 26, 2023 · 09:00 am

Is India's 50% cap on reservations reaching the end of its existence?

Shoaib Daniyal

· Aug 23, 2021 · 07:30 am

Reading list: Why quotas exist, how it began and everything else you need to know

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· Jan 09, 2019 · 02:41 pm

Not compliant with Mandal judgment, new National Commission for Backward Classes can be manipulated

Ajaz Ashraf

· Aug 29, 2018 · 12:30 pm

What justifies an arbitrary 50% cap on reservations – when upper caste numbers are much smaller?

Shoaib Daniyal

· Nov 05, 2017 · 06:30 am

Why the Brahmins of Uttar Pradesh are back in the reckoning – not as king but king-makers

Ajaz Ashraf

· Sep 01, 2016 · 09:00 am

Could the Dalit students’ agitation be Modi's Mandal moment?

Ashok Swain

· Jan 28, 2016 · 03:30 pm