Omvedt first stepped onto Indian soil in 1963 on a Fulbright Fellowship, carrying the ideological fire of Berkeley's radical ...

The top court further noted that the new regulations had the potential to divide society and have "dangerous impacts" if ...

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian government ...

Seattle City Council outlawed caste-based discrimination this week, a centuries-old form of social stratification with roots in South Asia, following years of activist organizing and similar bans at ...

Holding that the process of adoption servers ties with biological parents, the Bombay High Court said child's caste should be ...

The Bombay High Court has held that an adopted child needs is entitled to the same caste status as the adoptive family and ...

The court urged authorities to create a robust, expert-backed mechanism to eliminate errors in caste enumeration ...

Supreme Court declines PIL on 2027 Census caste data process, urges Centre and Registrar General to review Aakash Goel's suggestions for transparency.

Supreme Court declined to entertain a PIL challenging procedures for recording and verifying caste data in the 2027 Census.

The petitioner raised a concern before the Supreme Court that without a "verifiable material" requirement, the census data ...

Mumbai, Jan 31: An adopted child whose biological parents are unknown cannot be left in a “legal limbo” on the question of caste; hence, such a child would acquire the caste of the adoptive parents, ...