Social justice means establishing equality, unity, and human rights among all the members of society without discrimination. The traditional social outlook of Indian society was descriminatory. Casteism and communalism have been great obstacles in the way of establishing social justice in India. The struggle for social justice in the Indian society continued for centuries. From Mahatma Buddha, Mahatma Gandhi to Baba Ramdev, and many more social reforemers have put their efforts in establishing social justice in India.

After independence, making proper provisions for social justice in the constitutions was one of the priorities for our constintution framers. It was the opinion of the constitution makers that merely including the right to equality will not improve the plight of the downtroddens who were exploited for centuries. Therefore for their betterment and protection of their interests scheduled castes and scheduled tribes have been given reservation in the government jobs and in the legislature too.