Tag: Ambedkar

• Prevention of Atrocities Act: Part 1 Caste, Class, and Responsibility

  Feb 20

  In the aftermath of the emergency increasing mob violence against dalits such as the Karamchedu Massacre are met with renewed calls for harsher criminal laws. Activists and parliamentarians engage in… more ›

• Untouchability (Offences) Act, 1955: Part 4 Committment, Implementation, and Resources

  Feb 4

  Parliamentarians debating the UOA expressed deep distrust about whether the government would be interested in or able to end untouchability. They argued that the police and administrative machinery were complicit… more ›

• Untouchability (Offences) Act 1955: Part 3 Civil Rights or Criminal law?

  Feb 4

  Parliamentarians disagreed with each other about whether the UOA would be sufficient or necessary to realise equal civil rights for Dalit citizens. They expressed dissent with a simple penal approach… more ›

• Article 17 in the Constituent Assembly: Part 3

  Jan 26

  Part 3 of this series delves into discussions about Article 17 on the floor of the Constituent Assembly in April 1947 and November 1948 more ›

• Article 17 in Constituent Assembly: Part 1

  Jan 26

  Part 1 of this series interrogates legislative history of Article 17 in the Sub-Committee on Fundamental Rights in the Constituent Assembly. We discuss B.R. Ambedkars States and Minorities Proposal and… more ›