Basawa Prasad Kunale

A defining case of 2024 was the subcategorisation in reservations, which divided opinions and forked the paths of affirmative action in India.

Editor’s note: Today was the final working day of Justice Abhay Sreeniwas Oka, as he sets in to retire following a tenure of 3 years and 9 months at the Supreme Court. On this event, we reproduce this ode to Justice Oka, authored between advocates Mohammed Afeef and Basawa Prasad Kunale with inputs from Arvind Narrain, on the eve of his elevation to the top Court, originally published in August 2021.