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Horizontal Equality Shrinks Away: Personal Data Protection Bill 2023, 2019 and Other Subject-Specific Laws
The latest draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 has confirmed that there will be no distinction made for sensitive or special personal data. Provisions that attempted to protect sensitive data with respect to sex life, sexual orientation, transgender or intersex status, caste or tribe and religious or political belief or affiliation are now →
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A Casteist Rule: the 50% Limit on “Reservations”
The Supreme Court on 7th November 2022, upheld the Constitutional Amendment that allows for reservations for economically weaker sections (‘EWS’) in public employment and higher education. Among other issues, one ground of challenge was that the 103rd Constitutional Amendment allowed States to reserve more than 50% of positions, which is a cap set by the →
Mihir Rajamane 