Ambedkar International Center Moves Court to Join Cisco Caste Discrimination Case California regulators last year sued Cisco Systems, saying an engineer faced discrimination at the company's Silicon Valley headquarters because he is a Dalit Indian. The Cisco logo is seen at their booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Sergio Perez/File Photo World03/Mar/2021 Washington: The Ambedkar International Center (AIC), a US-based organisation fighting against caste discrimination on Tuesday approached the California Supreme Court to be admitted as an amicus curiae in a case that involves caste discrimination in the workplace. Amicus curiae, literally meaning “friend of the court”, is a person or organisation who is not party to the litigation at hand but is allowed to advise the court on a point of law or fact directly concerning the lawsuit.