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Constitutional Whispers

There are several troubling aspects to the Apex Court’s interventions in the R G Kar case, argues Debarshi Chakraborty.

Dangers of pigeon-holing in positive discrimination

While the US Supreme Court ruling striking down race-conscious admission rules based on a pair of cases challenging “affirmative action” at Harvard and the University of North Carolina has predictably stirred up a hornet’s nest globally, a close look at the observations made by the several judges throws up profound insights into several aspects of how diversity should be treated.