The Justice Party emerged in colonial South India as a political movement advocating non-Brahmin rights, shaping early social justice policies and influencing later Dravidian politics.

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• The Justice Party officially known as South Indian Liberal Federation was founded in 1916 to represent non Brahmin communities in Madras Presidency politics.

• Dr T M Nair P Tyagaraja Chetty and C Natesa Mudaliar founded the party to challenge Brahmin dominance in administration education and government employment.

• The party arose amid deep rooted caste inequalities where Brahmins despite numerical minority controlled key bureaucratic and educational positions.

• In November 1916 non Brahmin leaders met in Vepery Chennai leading to formation of SILF later popularly called the Justice Party.

• The party released the Non Brahmin Manifesto in December 1916 asserting loyalty to British rule while demanding political representation and social equality.

• Justice Party won the 1920 Madras Presidency elections becoming the first non Congress government under the diarchy introduced by Montagu Chelmsford reforms.

• It introduced progressive measures including communal reservations and Madras Elementary Education Act 1920 providing compulsory education for boys and girls.

• The party declined during the 1930s due to internal divisions Congress nationalism and British association eventually transforming into Dravidar Kazhagam in 1944.