Supreme Court rules conversions for reservations are constitutional fraud
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Supreme Court rules conversions for reservations are constitutional fraud

Op India  

On 26th November, the Supreme Court of India delivered a landmark judgment ruling that converting to a religion solely to claim reservation benefits without genuine belief in the adopted faith constitutes “fraud on the Constitution.” The apex court dismissed an appeal filed by C Selvarani, who was denied a Scheduled Caste certificate after she claimed to have reverted to Hinduism for the purpose of accessing reservation benefits in employment. No public declaration or ceremony for reconversion has been recorded, and there is compelling evidence that the appellant continues to profess Christianity.” The Court’s stance on fraudulent conversions The Supreme Court stated that religious conversions for the sole purpose of accessing reservation benefits undermine the integrity of the reservation system. The court said: “The conferment of Scheduled Caste communal status to the appellant, who is a Christian by religion but claims to still embrace Hinduism only for the purpose of availing reservation in employment, would go against the very object of reservation and would amount to fraud on the Constitution.” The court further observed that the issuance of earlier SC certificates to Selvarani and her family appeared to have been done without any prior verification. However, in August 2022, the Supreme Court asked the Union Government to respond to a plea arguing that Dalit Hindus who had converted to Christianity or Islam should be given the same reservation benefits as those extended to the Scheduled Caste category.

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Supreme Court says ball is in the courts of government, legislature on ‘creamy layer’ for SC/STs
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court says ball is in the courts of government, legislature on ‘creamy layer’ for SC/STs

The Hindu  

Supreme Court judge, Justice B.R. Gavai, on Thursday said the ball was in the courts of the legislature and the government to take a call on whether the ‘creamy layer’ of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes’ beneficiaries of reservation in education and public service must be excluded from quota benefits. The court was hearing a writ petition filed by Santosh …

Election Petition Questioning Caste Certificate Of Elected Representative Maintainable Before High Court: Karnataka HC
3 months ago

Election Petition Questioning Caste Certificate Of Elected Representative Maintainable Before High Court: Karnataka HC

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has held that Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes Act, 1990, does not take away the jurisdiction of the High Court to decide an election dispute questioning the caste of a returned candidate to the Legislative Assembly. He claimed that only the DCVC formed under the Karnataka Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes and …

'Race, Religion, Caste & Language Human Constructs' : Supreme Court Says Caste No Bar For Appointment Of Non-Hereditary Temple Trustee
3 months, 1 week ago

'Race, Religion, Caste & Language Human Constructs' : Supreme Court Says Caste No Bar For Appointment Of Non-Hereditary Temple Trustee

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently reiterated the principle that the selection to positions of non-hereditary trustee of temples cannot be caste-based. The bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Aravind Kumar was hearing a challenge against the Kerala High Court order which set aside previous appointments of non-hereditary trustees in Devaswoms/Temples, which are controlled institutions under. The bench of Justice MM …

Supreme Court Refuses To Give Scheduled Caste Benefit To 'Tanti' Caste Person In Bihar
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Refuses To Give Scheduled Caste Benefit To 'Tanti' Caste Person In Bihar

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently refused to extend the benefit of Scheduled Caste reservation to a Central Government employee who belonged to the 'Tanti' caste, which is notified as Other Backward Classes category in Bihar. In 2015, the Bihar Government removed 'Tanti' caste from the OBC list and merged it with 'Pan/Swasi' caste in the Scheduled Castes category. Meanwhile, in July …

'They Have To Be Given A Chance' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging SC/ST Reservations In Punjab's Gram Panchayat Posts
3 months, 3 weeks ago

'They Have To Be Given A Chance' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging SC/ST Reservations In Punjab's Gram Panchayat Posts

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the challenge to the reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes in Gram Panchayat elections in village in Ferozepur, Punjab. The bench of CJI Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing a plea challenging the two circulars issued by the Deputy Commissioner of Ferozepur through which the seat of the sarpanch of the village as …

SC rules against religious conversion for quota benefits
4 months ago

SC rules against religious conversion for quota benefits

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court has said religious conversions undertaken solely to avail reservation benefits without genuine belief amounted to a “fraud on the Constitution”. Justices Pankaj Mithal and R Mahadevan passed the verdict on November 26 in a case filed by one C Selvarani and upheld a Madras High Court decision of January 24 denying …

Religious conversion without actual belief to gain employment is against reservation policy and a fraud on Constitution: SC verdict
4 months ago

Religious conversion without actual belief to gain employment is against reservation policy and a fraud on Constitution: SC verdict

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has in a judgment held that religious conversion without any actual belief, largely intended to procure quota benefits, defeats the social ethos of the reservation policy and amounts to a fraud on the Constitution. However, if the purpose of conversion is largely to derive the benefits of reservation but not with any actual belief on the other …

Religious Conversion Only For Reservation Fraud On Constitution: Supreme Court
4 months ago

Religious Conversion Only For Reservation Fraud On Constitution: Supreme Court

ABP News  

The Supreme Court in a recent order denied a Scheduled Caste certificate to a woman who was born as a Christian but claimed to be Hindu in her application for a government job in Puducherry. Therefore, the conferment of Scheduled caste communal status to the appellant, who is a Christian by religion, but claims to be still embracing Hinduism only …

Conversion for benefits is fraud on Constitution: SC
4 months ago

Conversion for benefits is fraud on Constitution: SC

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that religious conversions motivated solely by the prospect of availing certain benefits, such as reservations in employment, are impermissible, calling such actions a “fraud on the Constitution”. The judgment came as the bench upheld a ruling by the Madras high court denying a Scheduled Caste community certificate to a woman who was born a …

Dalit leaders divided over VCK move to file review plea against order allowing States to sub-categorise Scheduled Caste communities
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Dalit leaders divided over VCK move to file review plea against order allowing States to sub-categorise Scheduled Caste communities

The Hindu  

The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi’s decision to file a review petition in the Supreme Court against the recent order empowering States to sub-categorise Scheduled Caste communities, after welcoming the judgement initially, to provide reservations has again turned the focus on the impact it could have on forging a potent political formation of the SC communities in Tamil Nadu. said while the …

Thol. Thirumavalavan MP Files Review Petition Against Supreme Court's Judgment Allowing Sub-Classification Of Scheduled Castes
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Thol. Thirumavalavan MP Files Review Petition Against Supreme Court's Judgment Allowing Sub-Classification Of Scheduled Castes

Live Law  

Today, Thol Thirumavalavan, 2nd-time Member of Parliament and President of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi-the largest Dalit Party in Tamil Nadu has filed a review petition against the sub-classification judgment of the Supreme Court. A seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court held that sub-classification of Scheduled Castes is permissible to grant separate quotas for more backwards within the Scheduled Castes category. 182 …

BPSC TRE 3.0 Exam 2024: Results Delayed after Key SC Ruling on Tanti-Tatwa Caste
7 months ago

BPSC TRE 3.0 Exam 2024: Results Delayed after Key SC Ruling on Tanti-Tatwa Caste

News 18  

The Bihar Public Service Commission has delayed the announcement of the TRE 3 exam results, citing complications related to caste classification. On August 12, the Bihar government issued a gazette following a Supreme Court order that included the Tanti-Tatwa caste in the “Extremely Backward Classes” category, rather than the Scheduled Caste category as previously listed. Background on the Tanti-Tatwa Caste …

Review Petition Filed In Supreme Court Against Judgment Allowing Sub-Classification Of Scheduled Castes & Creamy Layer Exclusion
7 months, 1 week ago

Review Petition Filed In Supreme Court Against Judgment Allowing Sub-Classification Of Scheduled Castes & Creamy Layer Exclusion

Live Law  

A review petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the judgment delivered on August 1, 2024, by a seven-judge bench which permitted the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes for providing separate quotas for more backward groups within the SC categories.The petition, filed by lawyer Jaishri Patil, contends that the Supreme Court's interpretation in the Indra Sawhney. A review petition …

7-judge SC bench upholds quota within SC/ST quota saying sub-classification is permissible
7 months, 3 weeks ago

7-judge SC bench upholds quota within SC/ST quota saying sub-classification is permissible

Op India  

In a major ruling on the 1st of August, a 7-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court ruled by a 6:1 majority that sub-classification of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes is admissible in order to give distinct quotas for more backwards within the SC/ST categories. The seven-judge Constitution bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath, Bela M …

Explained: Sub-classification of Scheduled Castes and the Supreme Court
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Explained: Sub-classification of Scheduled Castes and the Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

On August 1, a seven-judge Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court with a majority of 6:1 held that sub-classification of Scheduled Castes for the purpose of reservation was constitutional. While hearing the appeal in 2014, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court noted that Chinniah needs to be revisited in light of Article 338 and the law laid in Indra …

Caste reservation fabric needs new pattern
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Caste reservation fabric needs new pattern

New Indian Express  

“Begin at the beginning, the king said, very gravely, and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland For millenniums, caste has been cast in stone in the Indian psyche. Gavai, who could be the chief justice next year, wrote: “The State must evolve a policy for identifying the creamy layer even …

Disregard comments of the SC judges about creamy layer, Thirumavalavan tells Centre
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Disregard comments of the SC judges about creamy layer, Thirumavalavan tells Centre

The Hindu  

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi founder and Chidambaram MP Thol. Thirumavalavan on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court’s judgment that State government has the authority to provide internal reservations within the Scheduled Caste quota, which has validated the law to provide internal reservations for Arundhathiyar community. “The Supreme Court justices also stated that appropriate evidence must be provided for granting internal reservations, which …

BJP SC Morcha hails Supreme Court judgement, calls it BJP’s victory
7 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP SC Morcha hails Supreme Court judgement, calls it BJP’s victory

The Hindu  

The BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha State Vice-President Ambaraya Ashtagi has hailed the Supreme Court judgment permitting sub-classification of Scheduled Castes reservations and claimed that it was a victory for the previous BJP government. Addressing a press conference in Kalaburagi on Friday, Mr. Ashtagi said that the landmark judgement allows sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes to grant separate quotas for more backward …

Reservation redistribution
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Reservation redistribution

Hindustan Times  

The gains of reservation — despite its goal of driving equity — have flowed unequally. Relative social privilege and political clout have led to a few groups enjoying almost all the benefits of reservations while others languish in backwardness that is largely unchanged since Independence. To illustrate, the Jatavs in Uttar Pradesh and the Mahars in Maharashtra have long been …

Supreme Court judgment backs validity of Tamil Nadu’s Arunthathiyar quota law
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court judgment backs validity of Tamil Nadu’s Arunthathiyar quota law

The Hindu  

A majority judgment of the Supreme Court on Thursday has backed the constitutional validity of a Tamil Nadu law that offered preferential treatment among the Scheduled Castes to socially and educationally backward Arunthathiyars. The Tamil Nadu State Legislature had enacted the Tamil Nadu Arunthathiyars Reservation Act, 2009, to provide the Arunthathiyars reservation in appointments or posts in State services on …

SC Allows Sub-Divisions in SC, ST for Quota
7 months, 3 weeks ago

SC Allows Sub-Divisions in SC, ST for Quota

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In a landmark verdict, a seven-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday okayed sub-classification within the Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe communities to provide reservations in jobs and education for the more marginalised sub-sets. Thus, the state in exercise of the power under Articles 15 and 16 can further classify the SCs if there is a …

Sub-classification within SCs, STs permissible, says Supreme Court
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sub-classification within SCs, STs permissible, says Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled by a majority that sub-classification within the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes is permissible. It declared that SCs cannot be considered homogenous classes and that it would be permissible for the Centre and states to earmark most backward classes within the reserved category of SC/STs to enable them frame appropriate policies on sub-classification and …

SC declines to grant interim stay of Patna HC decision quashing 65% quota in Bihar
7 months, 4 weeks ago

SC declines to grant interim stay of Patna HC decision quashing 65% quota in Bihar

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on July 29 refused to order interim stay of a Patna High Court decision quashing reservation up to 65% for Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in public employment and institutions. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and senior advocate Shyam Divan, for Bihar, urged the court to stay the High Court decision which had …

Bihar moves top court against HC quota hike order
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Bihar moves top court against HC quota hike order

Hindustan Times  

The Bihar government has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Patna high court decision striking down the law enhancing caste-based reservation to 65% in jobs and admissions and argued that the caste survey carried out by the state adequately satisfies the parameters required to breach the 50% ceiling on reservation set by the top court in the 1992 Indra Sawhney …

Madras High Court Removes Observation In Judgment That Origin Of Caste System Is Less Than A Century Old
1 year ago

Madras High Court Removes Observation In Judgment That Origin Of Caste System Is Less Than A Century Old

Live Law  

The Madras High court has now removed the remarks made about the origin of caste system from its recent judgement in the pleas challenging the continuation of office of Minister Udayanidhi Stalin, Minister Sekar Babu and MP A Raja. In the judgment uploaded on March 6th, Justice Anita Sumanth had observed as under, "This Court agrees unequivocally that there are …

Cannot treat Scheduled Castes as a homogenous group: Supreme Court
1 year, 1 month ago

Cannot treat Scheduled Castes as a homogenous group: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

A seven-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Tuesday observed that Scheduled Castes cannot be treated as a “homogenous group” for granting reservation as some may have advanced in society while other continue to remain “particularly underprivileged”. The court said the diverse groups, clubbed together in the Presidential list under Article 341 of the Constitution …

Top Court To Examine SC/ST Reservation
1 year, 6 months ago

Top Court To Examine SC/ST Reservation

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing for November 21 to address pleas challenging the constitutionality of extending reservation benefits to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Lok Sabha and state Assemblies beyond the originally envisioned 10-year period in the Constitution. Chandrachud, will assess the validity of the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, which extended SC and ST quotas …

'No Question of Status Quo': SC Adjourns Hearing on Pleas Contesting HC's Bihar Caste Survey Verdict
1 year, 7 months ago

'No Question of Status Quo': SC Adjourns Hearing on Pleas Contesting HC's Bihar Caste Survey Verdict

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of a petition challenging the August 1 verdict of the Patna High Court which had upheld the validity of the caste survey in Bihar, according to reports. Senior Advocate’s Mukul Rohatgi who represented an organisation that appealed to the top court against the Patna High Court’s decision, also asked for the top …

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: July 10 To 16 July 2023
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: July 10 To 16 July 2023

Live Law  

Gurugram Prime Plot 'Sold' Through Fake GPA: Supreme Court Forms SIT To Probe Land Scam; Questions Role Of Sub-Registrar's Office Case title: Pratibha Manchanda And Anr. Supreme Court Issues Notice To CBI, ED On Manish Sisodia's Bail Pleas In Delhi Liquor Policy Scam Case Case title: Manish Sisodia v. Central Bureau of Investigation Citation: Special Leave Petition No. Supreme Court …

Make Scheduled Caste Status Religion Neutral : Plea In Supreme Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Make Scheduled Caste Status Religion Neutral : Plea In Supreme Court

Live Law  

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a declaration that 'religion' should not be used as a criterion to grant Scheduled Caste status.On July 3, a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul ordered that the petition filed by Tamil Activist Kundanthai Arasan to be tagged along with the pending petition seeking SC reservations for Christian and …

Supreme Court to hear plea to make Scheduled Caste status ‘religion-neutral’
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court to hear plea to make Scheduled Caste status ‘religion-neutral’

The Hindu  

July 04, 2023 07:49 pm | Updated 07:49 pm IST - NEW DELHI The Supreme Court has taken on board a plea to stop using religious identity as a criterion to afford or deny communities a place within the Scheduled Caste bracket. A Bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, on July 3, ordered the petition filed by Kudanthai Arasan, …

Ineligible Candidate Has No Locus: Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Order Cancelling Appointment Of Zoology Professor In State University
1 year, 9 months ago

Ineligible Candidate Has No Locus: Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Order Cancelling Appointment Of Zoology Professor In State University

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has set aside a single bench order which cancelled the appointment of one Dr M. David to the post of Associate Professor, Zoology Department in the Karnataka University on the ground that he cannot claim caste status since he belongs from Andhra Pradesh. The single judge bench had allowed the petition filed by Dr. H Krishna …

Supreme Court Judge Justice Sanjay Karol Recuses From Hearing Bihar Govt's Challenge Against HC Staying Caste Survey
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Judge Justice Sanjay Karol Recuses From Hearing Bihar Govt's Challenge Against HC Staying Caste Survey

Live Law  

Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Karol on Wednesday recused from hearing the petition filed by State of Bihar challenging the interim order of the Patna High Court staying Bihar Government’s decision to conduct a caste-based survey in the State. Justice Karol, who was the Chief Justice of Patna High Court before his elevation to the Supreme Court on February 6, …

'Social Stigma May Continue Even After Conversion' : Supreme Court Judge Says While Hearing Plea To Extend Reservation To Converted Dalits
1 year, 11 months ago

'Social Stigma May Continue Even After Conversion' : Supreme Court Judge Says While Hearing Plea To Extend Reservation To Converted Dalits

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard a bunch of petitions which seek the extension of reservation benefits available to the Scheduled Caste community to Dalits who have converted to Christianity and Islam. Social stigma at ground level When Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj, appearing for the Union Government, submitted that the Ranganath Misra Commission had not gone into all the …

Quotas for Dalit Muslims, Christians: SC wonders if it can rely on RM panel report
1 year, 11 months ago

Quotas for Dalit Muslims, Christians: SC wonders if it can rely on RM panel report

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: What is the effect of the report of a Commission of Inquiry that has been rejected or not accepted by the government and whether the empirical data which formed the basis of the report can be looked at while determining a constitutional issue, the Supreme Court wondered on Wednesday while considering the question of quotas for Dalit Muslims …

Supreme Court To Hear On March 28 MP Navneet Kaur Rana's Plea Against Bombay HC Judgment Cancelling Caste Certificate
2 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court To Hear On March 28 MP Navneet Kaur Rana's Plea Against Bombay HC Judgment Cancelling Caste Certificate

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will hear on March 28 MP Navneet Kaur Rana's challenge against the Bombay High Court order which had set aside her caste certificate. Observing that the Amravati MP had committed 'systematic fraud', the Bombay High Court cancelled her caste certificate and the Caste Scrutiny Committee's 2017 order validating her claim of belonging to the 'Mochi' Schedule Caste. …

SC Status For Converted Dalits : Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Expert Panel Formed By Centre
2 years, 2 months ago

SC Status For Converted Dalits : Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Expert Panel Formed By Centre

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Writ Petition that was filed challenging the Central Government’s decision taken in October 2022 to set up a panel to examine Schedule Caste status for dalits who converted to Christianity or Islam.It was in October 2022 that the Centre constituted the Commission to study the issue. The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a …

Supreme Court Collegium’s Landmark Reiterations Show It Is No Longer Pusillanimous
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Collegium’s Landmark Reiterations Show It Is No Longer Pusillanimous

Live Law  

On Thursday, the Supreme Court’s three-member Collegium - comprising the Chief Justice of India, D.Y.Chandrachud and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K.M.Joseph - responsible for recommending suitable names for elevation as the High Court Judges, reiterated certain names recommended by it earlier, for elevation to various High Courts. The reiteration of recommendation to elevate senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal as a …

Panel to look into SC status for Dalit converts challenged in Supreme Court
2 years, 3 months ago

Panel to look into SC status for Dalit converts challenged in Supreme Court

The Hindu  

A writ petition has now been filed in the Supreme Court of India, challenging the formation of a three-member Commission of Inquiry to examine whether it would be possible to accord Scheduled Caste status to Dalits who have over the years converted to Christianity or Islam. Praying that the functioning of the Commission be stayed and the notification forming it …

'One Can't Carry His Caste After Conversion': Madras High Court Rejects Backward Quota Claim Of Man Who Converted To Islam From Hinduism
2 years, 3 months ago

'One Can't Carry His Caste After Conversion': Madras High Court Rejects Backward Quota Claim Of Man Who Converted To Islam From Hinduism

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently observed that a person who has converted to another religion cannot claim the benefits of his community before conversion unless it is expressly granted by the State. The High Court further added that whether a person who has converted to another religion can be given the benefit of community reservation was a matter pending adjudication …

Status beyond faith: The Hindu Editorial on Scheduled Caste status post conversion
2 years, 5 months ago

Status beyond faith: The Hindu Editorial on Scheduled Caste status post conversion

The Hindu  

The Centre has appointed a three-member Commission to examine the sensitive issue of extending Scheduled Caste status to all those who have historically suffered discrimination and untouchability, regardless of the religion they now profess. In 1985, the Supreme Court agreed that historical discrimination may continue even after members of the SCs convert to other religions, but did not decide in …

Scheduled Caste Status For Converted Dalits : Centre Constitutes Commission To Examine The Issue
2 years, 5 months ago

Scheduled Caste Status For Converted Dalits : Centre Constitutes Commission To Examine The Issue

Live Law  

Through a notification dated 6th October 2022, the Centre has appointed a Commission headed by former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan to examine the matter of according Scheduled Caste status to new persons who claim to have historically belonged to the Scheduled Castes, but have converted to a religion other than those mentioned in the Presidential Orders under Article …

SC Reservation For Converted Dalits : Supreme Court Asks Centre To Explain Its Stand Within 3 Weeks
2 years, 6 months ago

SC Reservation For Converted Dalits : Supreme Court Asks Centre To Explain Its Stand Within 3 Weeks

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, asked Centre to provide its current stand on the issue of extending the benefit of reservation available to the Scheduled Caste community to Dalits who have converted to other faiths. A 2007 report submitted by National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities, under the chairpersonship of retired CJI Ranganath Misra had found merit for granting …

Reservation in public employment
2 years, 9 months ago

Reservation in public employment

The Hindu  

The jurisprudence of reservation relies on the symbiotic coexistence of constitutionally guaranteed equality of opportunity in public employment under Article 16 of the Constitution of India and classifications thereunder various clauses of the same article, especially Article 16 and Article 16, which are in the nature of facilitating provisions, vesting a discretion on the government to consider providing reservations for …

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Challenging Bihar Circulars Of Altering Schedule Caste List
3 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Challenging Bihar Circulars Of Altering Schedule Caste List

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea seeking quashing of circulars dated May 16, 2014 and July 1, 2015 issued by the State of Bihar by which the State had altered the Schedule Caste list.The State of Bihar on May 16, 2014 had issued a circular in which it had included the caste 'Khatwe' ). The Supreme Court …

SC-ST Person Who Is Ordinary Resident Of One State Can't Claim Quota Benefits In State To Which He Migrated : Supreme Court
3 years, 2 months ago

SC-ST Person Who Is Ordinary Resident Of One State Can't Claim Quota Benefits In State To Which He Migrated : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court observed that a person belonging to Scheduled Caste /Scheduled Tribe in relation to his original State of which he is permanent or an ordinarily resident cannot be deemed to be so in relation to any other State on his migration to that State.The court noted that as per Section 42 of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955, there …

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Challenge Against Madras HC Judgment Quashing 10.5% Vanniyar Reservation; Bars Further Appointments Or Admissions Under Quota
3 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Challenge Against Madras HC Judgment Quashing 10.5% Vanniyar Reservation; Bars Further Appointments Or Admissions Under Quota

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a batch of special leave petitions filed against the Madras High Court's judgment which quashed the Tamil Nadu law providing internal reservation of 10.5 % to the Vanniyar Community and the 20% reservation to Most Backward Classes within the category of OBCs. In its judgment delivered on November 4, 2021, a division …

HC rejects plea of Christian-convert seeking inter-caste marriage certificate
3 years, 4 months ago

HC rejects plea of Christian-convert seeking inter-caste marriage certificate

Op India  

The Madras HC on Thursday said conversion from one religion to another will not change the caste of a person he belongs to, putting paid to a bid by a Dalit man who converted to Christianity to obtain an inter-caste marriage certificate to get priority in the government jobs. Justice Subramanian noted that just because a Dalit converted to another …

'Reservation Based On Caste Alone': Madras High Court Quashes 10.5% Internal Reservation To Vanniyar Community Under Most Backward Class Category
3 years, 4 months ago

'Reservation Based On Caste Alone': Madras High Court Quashes 10.5% Internal Reservation To Vanniyar Community Under Most Backward Class Category

Live Law  

The Madras High Court quashed the Tamil Nadu law providing internal reservation of 10.5 % to the Vanniyar Community under the category Most Backward Classes.The court observed that Tamil Nadu Special Reservation of seats in educational Institutions including Private Educational Institutions and appointments or posts in the services under the State within the Reservation for the Most. The Madras High …

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