Remembering Satyashodhak Judge P.B. Sawant s Anti-Caste Legacy
While several senior activists, politicians and sociologists gained immensely from Justice Sawant s scholarship, it was the youth who he was particularly keen on with interacting.
Justice P.B. Sawant speaking at a BAMCEF annual convention. Photo: BAMCEF
Rights16/Feb/2021
Mumbai: Soon after his retirement from the Supreme Court in 1995, Justice P.B. Sawant began his socio-political journey. The annual convention of the All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (abbreviated as BAMCEF) was the first such public appearance, but not the only one.
While Justice Sawant went on to attend over 15-16 such BAMCEF national conventions, the 2020 convention being the last one, he also remained committed to a wide range of social movements across the state. âAnnihilation of caste was at the heart of such engagements,â recalls D.D. Ambade, national treasurer of BAMCEF.