Interns’ Corner | Scope Of ‘Weaker Sections And Disadvantaged Groups’ Under The Right To Education Act
– Mrudula Dixit* The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (‘Act’) aims to foster inclusive education of children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantaged groups. On that note, this article aims at clarifying the scope of the term ‘weaker sections and disadvantaged groups’ by considering various government notifications and jurisprudence of the […]
Interns’ Corner | Reservation Norms at Leading National Law Universities
– Shreyas Alevoor* This is the first post in an intended two part series on reservation policies of the leading five National Law Universities. It analyses the data from their prospectus/ brochures for the academic year 2020-21 and the IDIA Diversity Survey 2018-19. These NLUs include National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU), National […]
Interns’ Corner | Hurdles Faced by People With Disabilities in India During Covid-19
“Disabled people are not only the most deprived human beings in the developing world, they also are the most neglected”. -Amartya Sen[1] As the world grapples with the Covid-19 crisis, some lives are at more risk than the others. While most of us are able to traverse our way through the lockdown, hoping for things […]