How Courts Failed S. Anitha
type
Essay
source publication
The Ambedkarian Chronicle
Abstract
"How Courts Failed S. Anitha" by Dr. Ashna Singh critiques the Indian judiciary's historically narrow, formal interpretation of equality, tracing it from the landmark 1951 Champakam Dorairajan case to modern-day educational crises. The essay details how the Madras High Court's 2017 decision in V.S. Sai Sachin vs. State of Tamil Nadu struck down the state's 85% quota for state-board students in medical admissions under the guise of protecting "merit". Singh argues that by ignoring the stark caste, class, and linguistic privileges embedded in CBSE school access and NEET alignment, the courts structurally failed marginalized students, leading to the tragic suicide of Dalit medical aspirant S. Anitha
Year
9-1-2026
Recommended Citation
Singh, Ashna, "How Courts Failed S. Anitha" (2026). Popular Media. 247.
https://repository.nls.ac.in/popular-media/247