Different Routes for Protecting Caste Discrimination: Chandhok v Tirkey

This article analyses the Employment Appeals Tribunal's decision in Chandhok v Tirkey, which confirmed that UK anti-discrimination law can protect victims of caste discrimination under the concept of race (ethnic origins) in 9(1)(c) EA 2010. The article also studies the parliamentary debates that led to the enactment of section 9(5) EA 2010 (that provides for legislation on caste in the future); the state of compliance with this provision; the different routes that have been suggested as a means of protecting caste discrimination absence of specific legislation; and the potential incapacity of the case law in Chandhok v Tirkey to fully cover this form of unequal treatment.