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Reservation or affirmative action is a hugely controversial policy in India. While constitutionally mandated and with historians, political scientists and social activists convinced of its need, many resist it and consider it as compromising 'merit' and against the principle of equality of opportunity. How were groups eligible for reservations identified and defined? How were the terms 'depressed classes' and 'backward classes' used in British India and how have they evolved into the constitutional concepts of 'Scheduled Castes', 'Scheduled Tribes', and 'Other Backward Classes' in the present day?

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How are backward classes to be identified? What do the subtle differences in the terms used in Articles 15 and 16 respectively denote? Chandrachud's book is useful in expounding these intricacies. The book also breaks down hard concepts using examples, making obstruse terms accessible to the lay reader. For a lawyer writing for a general readership, striking a balance between precision and legibility can be a difficult task. But These Seats are Reserved more than achieves this balance. ― The Hindu

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Abhinav Chandrachud is an advocate who practises at the Bombay High Court. He graduated from the LL.M. program at Harvard Law School where he was a Dana Scholar, and from the JSM and JSD programs at Stanford Law School where he was a Franklin Family Scholar.

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