Critical Legal Studies theory
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Caste, Courts and Structural Inequality: Reimagining Indian Constitutionalism Through Critical Legal Studies
Abstract This article critically interrogates the structural relationship between caste hierarchy and Indian constitutionalism through the analytical lens of Critical Legal Studies (CLS). While the Constitution of India, forged in the transformative imagination of B.R. Ambedkar, promised a thoroughgoing rupture with hereditary social subordination, the institutional practice of Indian law has frequently reproduced the very…
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NEET and the Myth of Meritocracy: A Critical Legal Studies Critique of Uniform Educational Standards
Abstract This blog examines NEET critically, focusing on the constitutional and socio-legal issues it raises. It argues that although NEET was set up as a centralised mechanism to promote fairness, merit-based decision-making, and the standardisation of educational performance to establish merit for medical students, it actually serves to reinforce previously established inequalities in both society…