Activities The Justice Party is the fountain head of the non-Brahmin Movement in the country. The Justice Party government widened education and employment opportunities for the majority of the population and created space for them in the political sphere. The Justicites removed the legal hindrances restricting inter-caste marriages and broke the barriers that prevented depressed classes from the use of public wells and tanks. The Justice Party government ordered that public schools to accommodate the children of the depressed classes.
Hostels were established for the students belonging to this social group in . In the meantime, the Madras legislature under the Justice Party government was the first to approve participation of women in the electoral politics in . This resolution created space for women and thus facilitated Muthulakshmi Ammaiyar to become the first woman legislator in India in . The Justice Party worked towards legislating provisions for communal representation – reservations for various communities.
Two Communal Government Orders ( September and August ) were passed to ensure equitable distribution in appointments among various castes and communities as a part of achieving social justice. The Justice Party rule established the Staff Selection Board in , for the selection of government officials and encouraged all the communities to share the administrative powers. In , the Government of British India adopted the Muthulakshmi Ammaiyar as Madras Dravidian Association to support Dravidian uplift. The organisation focused on educating and supporting non-Brahmin graduates and conducting regular meetings to share their grievances.
Meanwhile, Natesanar founded a hostel, the Dravidian Home, at Triplicane (Madras) in July to address the lack of hostels for the non-Brahmin students which hindered their educational development. In addition, the home had a literary society for the benefit of non-Brahmin students. . South Indian Liberal Federation (Justice Party) On November around prominent non-Brahmin leaders including Dr.
C. Natesanar, Sir Pitti Theyagarayar, T.M. Nair and Alamelu Mangai Thayarammal came together to form the South Indian Liberal Federation (SILF). In the meantime, at a meeting held in the Victoria Public Hall, the Non-Brahmin Manifesto was released in December .