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A Bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud observed that ‘merit’ could not be narrowed to the limit of success in open competitive exams. The merit of a person was a sum total of “lived experiences” and his or her struggle to overcome cultural and social setbacks. “Examinations are not a proxy for merit. Merit should be socially contexualised and re-conceptualised... Reservation is not at odds with merit but furthers its distributive impact,” Justice Chandrachud observed.
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