04/02/2019
It is to inform you that tomorrow a session on "103rd Amendment and the Constitutional Implications" is scheduled at 4 O' clock in B.A.LLB 4th year's classroom. All those interested in being a part of the discussion are requested to go through the articles and blogs provided hereunder for a fruitful discussion.
For the history of proposals based on economic criteria, see-
https://thewire.in/politics/despite-its-ressurection-economic-criterion-remains-an-inadequate-determiner-of-reservations
https://indconlawphil.wordpress.com/tag/reservations/
(The case against 103rd amendment, dated 28th Jan; Is 103rd amendment unconstitutional, dated 13 Jan)
For a general idea of Reservation policy, see-
https://www.thehindu.com/2003/07/02/stories/2003070201231000.htm
Furthermore, you are expected to, at any rate, be equipped with the knowledge of bare provisions of Article 15, 16, 46, 335 of Indian Constitution. For an insightful exhaustive view summary of the Supreme Court's judgment in M.R. Balaji's case (1963), N M Thomas (1976), Indra Swahney (1992). (The ratio decidendi of these cases are available readily on the internet).
It may seem to be an articulation of equality that transcends caste, but the 'economic criterion' simply allows upper caste groups to monopolise state power – something that the reservation scheme was meant to counter.