Caste Based Reservation in India

Contents: Preface. 1. Genesis of caste system in India. 2. Constitutional safeguards. 3. Gandhi's views on reservation. 4. Dr. Ambedkar's views on reservation. 5. Mandal Commission report and its impact. 6. Caste reservation in theory and practice. Table of cases. Bibliography. Index.

"Reservation is highly emotional subject. It has evoked consideration controversy in recent times. It has sparked off agitations and even violence in some parts of the country and blurred the vision of many. It is therefore, necessary to undertake a scientific and objective study of this subject in all its multi-dimensional aspects, taking into account its impact on the society and particularly on the weaker sections. The volume has taken this task and done it quite well.

The book has made a searching analysis of the problem of reservation. It will give an opportunity to general readers, law students, politicians and public opinion builders to get some insight into the social bases and motivations of reservations in Indian life at the same time provide the close students of Indian socio-constitutional issues with the accounts based on the original sources on reservation and social justice. The book will help the curious readers to know the subject in depth and make other curious about the subject." (jacket)