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

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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 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. It was argued in the writ petition that by operation of the impugned circulars, government of Bihar was issuing Schedule Caste certificates to the OBC candidates belonging from Khatwe and Tanti/Tantwa caste. Further the petition also said that the High Court of Bihar erred in upholding the circular's validity and failed to consider that deleting Tanti/Tatwa from Other Backward Class list and including it in the Pan/Swasi of Schedule Caste list has the effect of amending by the act of Parliament only, thereby violating the constitutional provisions.

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'Only Parliament Can Change SC List' : Supreme Court Dismisses PIL To Add Are-Katika Community In Scheduled Castes Category
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Saying that only the Parliament has the power to do so, the Supreme Court today refused to entertain a public interest litigation seeking inclusion of the Are-Katika community in the Scheduled Castes category all across India. When the petition was sought to be withdrawn with liberty to approach the High Court, Justice Gavai shot back that the High Court also …

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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 …

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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 …

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The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has held that States cannot tinker with the Scheduled Castes List notified under Article 341 of the Constitution. The judgment came in a challenge by Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Vichar Manch, Patna, to a July 1, 2015 notification issued by the Bihar government, on the basis of the recommendation of the State Backward Commission to merge the …

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The Supreme Court on Monday struck down the resolution issued by the Bihar Government in 2015 which had merged one community in the Backward Castes list with another community in the Scheduled Caste list. In 2015, the Bihar Government issued a notification merging one community in the Extremely Backward Castes list i.e., “Tanti-Tantwa” with another community in the Scheduled Caste …

Supreme Court Schedules Final Hearing Of Pleas Challenging Bihar Govt's Caste Survey In April
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The Supreme Court on Monday scheduled in April the final hearing of a clutch of public interest litigation petitions challenging the constitutionality of the caste-based survey conducted by the State of Bihar. A division bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Dutta was hearing special leave petitions filed by non-governmental organisations Youth for Equality and Ek Soch Ek Prayas and …

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The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation seeking to quash the enlistment of certain communities as Scheduled Tribes in the Constitution Order Act, 1991 & the Constitution Order Act, 2020. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Krishna S Dixit dismissed the petition filed by Dr Ambedkar Scheduled Castes Federation Karnataka, through its …

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Op India  

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Live Law  

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Punjab & Haryana High Court to start work early; Kerala lawyers refuses to follow suit.CJI says increasing working hours possible
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