No need to determine creamy layer for SC, ST: Ravi Shankar Prasad
5 years, 3 months ago

No need to determine creamy layer for SC, ST: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said the government is of the view that there is no need to determine creamy layer in Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as these communities have been "extremely deprived" for years. Responding to the debate on 'The Constitution Amendment Bill' in Lok Sabha, Prasad referred to the issue of quota in government jobs, saying "we are of the view that is no need for a creamy layer for the SC and ST ". "We have made this stand very clear even before the Supreme Court that they have been extremely deprived and face discrimination," Prasad said. A few days ago, the government had urged the Supreme Court to reconsider its stand that socially, educationally and economically advanced creamy layer of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes communities should be excluded from the benefits of reservation in government services.

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SC sub-quota for edu, jobs in Telangana from April
1 month, 3 weeks ago

SC sub-quota for edu, jobs in Telangana from April

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:The state government is set to implement reservations in education and employment for Scheduled Castes communities as per the new SC sub-categorisation from April, according to official sources. This move follows a landmark Supreme Court judgment in August 2024, which permitted states to sub-categorise SCs within the 15 per cent reservation quota for education and employment. In response, Chief Minister …

Proposed classification of SCs poses threat to national unity, says Chinta Mohan
2 months ago

Proposed classification of SCs poses threat to national unity, says Chinta Mohan

The Hindu  

Former Union Minister and Congress leader Chinta Mohan on Wednesday alleged that the proposed classification of Scheduled Castes poses a threat to national unity, and cautioned that going ahead with the initiative would split the country into north and south regions within two decades. Speaking at a press conference, Mr. Mohan opposed the formation of a single-member Commission by the …

Ramadoss urges Centre to remove ‘creamy layer’ in OBC reservation, in the light of SC observation
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ramadoss urges Centre to remove ‘creamy layer’ in OBC reservation, in the light of SC observation

The Hindu  

PMK founder S. Ramadoss on Sunday urged the Central government to remove the ‘creamy layer’ from Other Backward Classes who benefit from reservations. His statement follows the Supreme Court’s recent observations on the ‘creamy layer’ of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes beneficiaries. Gavai said last week that the ball was in the courts of the legislature and the government to …

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 …

Bihar assembly winter session: LoP Tejashwi asks Minister Nitish govt to raise reservation quota to 85 per cent
4 months ago

Bihar assembly winter session: LoP Tejashwi asks Minister Nitish govt to raise reservation quota to 85 per cent

New Indian Express  

PATNA: Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, the Leader of Opposition in the Bihar assembly, has called on the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government to introduce new laws providing 85% reservation quotas for deprived castes and economically weaker sections. Speaking in the assembly on Tuesday, after Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav rejected the opposition’s adjournment motion, the RJD leader proposed that a committee be set …

OPINION| Quota Within Quota: The Secret Weapon!
4 months, 2 weeks ago

OPINION| Quota Within Quota: The Secret Weapon!

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is doing his best to explain to voters of Jharkhand and Maharashtra the exact meaning of his slogan, “Ek Hain, Toh Safe Hain”. The issue came up before the Supreme Court recently, and the apex court in August ruled by a 6:1 majority judgement that sub-classification within the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes was permissible. In …

Haryana's SC Sub-Quota: A Polarizing Divide Within the Dalit Community
5 months, 1 week ago

Haryana's SC Sub-Quota: A Polarizing Divide Within the Dalit Community

Hindustan Times  

Haryana's decision to implement Scheduled Caste (SC) sub-quotas marks an important turn for Indian politics. The sub-quotas will address inequalities within the broader SC group, with each segment getting half of the 20% quota. This is significant as it is the first state to implement sub-quotas within the SC umbrella since the Supreme Court allowed it. The decision is also …

Government should take up caste census immediately, says BSP State coordinator
6 months, 1 week ago

Government should take up caste census immediately, says BSP State coordinator

The Hindu  

Bahujan Samaj Party State coordinator and former DGP of Andhra Pradesh J. Purnachandra Rao on Saturday asked the State government to take up caste census immediately as around 200 castes of backward classes and Scheduled Castes could not get representation in legislature in the seven decades. Along with BSP State president B. Paramjyothy, he released a book ‘Kula Andhra Pradesh’, …

Can creamy layer in the Dalit quota be justified?
6 months, 1 week ago

Can creamy layer in the Dalit quota be justified?

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court last month upheld sub-classification in the quota for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. However, some judges further recommended adding creamy layer exclusions, restricting reservations to only one generation or once, making it time-bound, and adding economic criteria. A study by ActionAid in 2000 on social and economic discrimination in 11 states and another 2013 study of government …

Haryana’s caste fault lines: Congress, BJP play to their strengths in ticket distribution
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Haryana’s caste fault lines: Congress, BJP play to their strengths in ticket distribution

Hindustan Times  

A measure of how caste calculations influence the electoral politics of Haryana can be gauged from the ticket distribution by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress for the October 5 assembly elections. An analysis of ticket distribution by the two national parties shows that it is the 33% backward classes and 22% scheduled castes which are being eyed …

Maya praises BJP, slams Cong for neglecting SC/ST quotas
7 months ago

Maya praises BJP, slams Cong for neglecting SC/ST quotas

Hindustan Times  

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati has once again criticised the Congress party on SC/ST reservation issues. BSP chief Mayawati Mayawati accused the Congress of failing in its responsibilities despite being in power at the centre and praised the Bharatiya Janata Party for their support during that period. BSP thwarted this conspiracy.” Mayawati continued, “Why does Congress feel discomfort when the …

Congress frames social justice as an essential step of a policy framework to ensure justice
7 months ago

Congress frames social justice as an essential step of a policy framework to ensure justice

The Hindu  

The Narendra Modi government quickly scrapped a proposal to induct mid-level officials into the bureaucracy through lateral entry to counter the Opposition’s allegations of “ending reservations.” However, it is clear that Congress would continue to place social justice as the centrepiece of its politics. On Saturday, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, positioned caste census as an …

Quotas in quota | Panacea or pandora's box?
7 months, 1 week ago

Quotas in quota | Panacea or pandora's box?

India Today  

On August 1, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment redefining the framework of affirmative action. Chandrachud allowed states to create subclassifications within the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The aim is to ensure a more equitable distribution of reservation benefits among the most backward communities within these categories. It has in effect now allowed states to further demarcate reservations …

Ecostani | Cabinet resolution against creamy layer is against the spirit of reservation
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Ecostani | Cabinet resolution against creamy layer is against the spirit of reservation

Hindustan Times  

Last Friday, the Union cabinet passed a resolution saying there would be no “creamy layer” for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories, days after the Supreme Court called for the exclusion of the creamy layer from the ambit of SC /ST reservation. Over the years, the argument for introducing a creamy layer for SC/ST has gained ground but there is …

Sub-Classification Of Scheduled Castes For Reservation, Creamy Layer Debate – Comment On State Of Punjab V. Davinder Singh (7 Judge-Bench Judgment)
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sub-Classification Of Scheduled Castes For Reservation, Creamy Layer Debate – Comment On State Of Punjab V. Davinder Singh (7 Judge-Bench Judgment)

Live Law  

A seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court on 1 August 2024 decided the issue of constitutionality of sub-classification within the Scheduled Castes for the purpose of reservation in public employment. Justice Gavai further added that the criteria for the identification of creamy layer in Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes may be different from the other backward castes. The reference to …

VCK to hold protest on Aug. 13 against Supreme Court verdict over sub-categorisation of communities in SC list
7 months, 2 weeks ago

VCK to hold protest on Aug. 13 against Supreme Court verdict over sub-categorisation of communities in SC list

The Hindu  

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi founder and Chidambaram M.P., Thol. Thirumavalavan, and VCK general secretary and Villupuram M.P., D. Ravikumar, on Friday flagged the ‘dangers of sub-categorisation’ of various communities within the Scheduled Caste list and the comments of the Supreme Court justices on ‘creamy layer’ within SC quota. Mr. Thirumavalavan also announced a protest on August 13 in Chennai against the …

SC/ST quota: No plan for creamy layer, say govt
7 months, 2 weeks ago

SC/ST quota: No plan for creamy layer, say govt

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi There is no provision for creamy layer in the reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Constitution, and the government is committed to upholding it, the Union Cabinet said on Friday, hinting that the Centre will not take up a suggestion by the Supreme Court to institute income-based exclusions in the quota. The remarks by Union …

SC/ST creamy layer issue: Mayawati demands constitutional amendment bill
7 months, 2 weeks ago

SC/ST creamy layer issue: Mayawati demands constitutional amendment bill

Hindustan Times  

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Friday welcomed the assurance given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the SC/ST MPs of the BJP that their demands of not implementing creamy layer in SC/ST category and not making any sub-classification in SC-ST reservation will be considered. BSP chief Mayawati made the demand on a social media post. Unless the Supreme Court’s …

The debate continues over ‘creamy layer’ in India’s reservation system
7 months, 2 weeks ago

The debate continues over ‘creamy layer’ in India’s reservation system

Hindustan Times  

Since the time of the Constitution's drafting, the concept of the “creamy layer” in the reservation has been a pivotal issue of debate and legal scrutiny in India. The historical connection between "depressed classes" and "Scheduled Castes" underscores the continued impact of social hierarchies and the persistence of disadvantage faced by these groups, prompting specific constitutional provisions aimed at their …

Subclassification of scheduled castes: Haryana govt asks SC panel to analyse data
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Subclassification of scheduled castes: Haryana govt asks SC panel to analyse data

Hindustan Times  

The BJP government in Haryana on Thursday set in motion the process to ascertain inadequacy of representation of scheduled castes in public employment because of their backwardness. The apex court judgement had held that a November 9, 1994 Haryana government notification by which the scheduled castes in the state were classified in two categories – block A and B for …

Sub- classification within SC/STs: BSP disagrees with top court verdict
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sub- classification within SC/STs: BSP disagrees with top court verdict

Hindustan Times  

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday termed the Supreme Court verdict allowing sub-classification within Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes an emergency situation for Dalits and tribal communities. The central government should put reservation for SCs and STS in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution, Mayawati said. “The sub-classification of people within Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has been …

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 …

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 …

States can sub-classify SCs for quotas: top court
7 months, 3 weeks ago

States can sub-classify SCs for quotas: top court

The Hindu  

In a 6:1 majority judgment on Thursday, a seven-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Four of the seven judges on the Bench separately said the government should extend the “creamy layer principle” to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, as in the case of the Other Backward Classes category. On Thursday, Chief Justice …

Why has Supreme Court re-examined subclassification in SC-ST quotas? Explained
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Why has Supreme Court re-examined subclassification in SC-ST quotas? Explained

India TV News  

With a decisive majority of 6:1, the seven-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Thursday ruled in favour of sub-classification of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The latest decision overruled the 2004 judgment in the EV Chinnaiah vs State of Andhra Pradesh case, which held that there can be no sub-classification of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled …

SC/ST Reservation: Supreme Court Rules Separate Quotas Permissible for More Backward Castes
7 months, 4 weeks ago

SC/ST Reservation: Supreme Court Rules Separate Quotas Permissible for More Backward Castes

ABP News  

On Thursday, August 1, the Supreme Court delivered a significant ruling concerning Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Chandrachud, decided by a 6:1 majority that separate quotas within the SC/ST categories can be allocated to more backward sub-groups. The Court's ruling emphasizes that certain castes within SC/ST categories are significantly more backward and require targeted empowerment. The Court's judgment highlighted the …

Creamy layer among SCs, STs must be excluded from quota benefits: Supreme Court
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Creamy layer among SCs, STs must be excluded from quota benefits: Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that states must identify the ‘creamy layer’ within the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and take them out of reservation. “State must evolve a policy to identify creamy layer among the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes category and exclude them from the fold of affirmative action,” Justice Gavai wrote in his judgment, according to …

Sub-classification within SCs, STs permissible, says Supreme Court
7 months, 4 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 allows states to sub-classify SCs, STs for quotas within reserved categories
7 months, 4 weeks ago

SC allows states to sub-classify SCs, STs for quotas within reserved categories

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In a majority verdict on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that states have the authority to sub-classify Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to allocate quotas within the reserved category, aiming to uplift more underprivileged groups. A seven-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud held a 6:1 majority that the further sub-classification of SCs and STs by …

Odisha: Congress demands more quota for SCs, STs in higher education
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Odisha: Congress demands more quota for SCs, STs in higher education

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR : Former Union minister Srikant Jena and ex-Congress MP Anant Prasad Sethi on Sunday said the government should revise the reservation quota for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in higher education in Odisha from 2024-25 academic year. In a letter to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, the Congress leaders said in 2015, the state government had announced that reservation …

VHR Asks BJP to Lift 50% Quota Cap
8 months, 3 weeks ago

VHR Asks BJP to Lift 50% Quota Cap

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Senior TPCC leader V. Hanumantha Rao on Monday called on the NDA-led BJP government at the Centre to pass a bill in Parliament that would allow reservations to exceed the current 50 percent cap. Hanumantha Rao highlighted that the Congress wants all state laws regarding reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes to be included in …

Congress spreading lies on reservation quotas to defeat BJP: Bandi Sanjay Kumar
11 months ago

Congress spreading lies on reservation quotas to defeat BJP: Bandi Sanjay Kumar

New Indian Express  

KARIMNAGAR: Alleging that the Congress was unable to take on the BJP in the polls, the saffron party candidate from Karimnagar, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, stated that grand old party leaders had resorted to provoking fear among the SCs and STs for political benefits in the Lok Sabha polls. Addressing the media later, the BJP national general secretary claimed that the …

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 …

Bihar government notifies quota hike after governor signs bills
1 year, 4 months ago

Bihar government notifies quota hike after governor signs bills

Hindustan Times  

The Bihar government on Tuesday issued the gazette notification for the two quota bills after governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar signed the Bihar Reservation of vacancies in posts and services Amendment Bill and the Bihar Reservation Amendment Bill, 2023 paving the way for increase in quota from the existing 50% to 65%. Under the new provision, based on the findings of …

Bihar assembly unanimously passes bill for 65% caste reservation
1 year, 4 months ago

Bihar assembly unanimously passes bill for 65% caste reservation

Op India  

Bihar Assembly has passed the ‘Reservation Amendment Bill’ to raise reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes in state jobs and educational institutions to 65% on 9 November. On November 7, the Bihar Cabinet approved the initiative to enhance the state’s quotas for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. It is clear …

Bihar assembly passes bill to hike quotas for SCs, STs & backward classes to 65 per cent, surpasses SC's 50 per cent cap
1 year, 4 months ago

Bihar assembly passes bill to hike quotas for SCs, STs & backward classes to 65 per cent, surpasses SC's 50 per cent cap

Firstpost  

The Caste Survey report revealed that OBCs and the extremely backward classes sub-group account for a whopping 63 per cent of the state’s total of 13.07 crore, while SCs and STs together were slightly over 21 per cent. The Bihar Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to raise the quota for SCs, STs, Other Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes …

Why Tamil Nadu’s first BC panel was against caste-based proportional quota
1 year, 5 months ago

Why Tamil Nadu’s first BC panel was against caste-based proportional quota

The Hindu  

With caste census protagonists demanding proportional reservation in government services, more than 50 years ago, the Backward Classes Commission, headed by veteran A.N. Sattanathan, analysed the issue and concluded that it “will neither be administratively feasible nor would it be in the interest of the social integration of the population” to recommend individual representation for particular castes. Pointing out that …

INDIA bloc demands immediate implementation of Women’s Reservation Bill, along with caste census, OBC quotas
1 year, 6 months ago

INDIA bloc demands immediate implementation of Women’s Reservation Bill, along with caste census, OBC quotas

The Hindu  

The Congress on September 20 fielded a high powered line-up — including Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi and former party president Rahul Gandhi — to express the party’s support for the proposed constitutional amendment on reservation for women in legislatures, while also making a strong case for a caste census to be done, followed by reservations for Other Backward …

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 …

Congress accuses BJP of double engine ‘droha’ on reservation in Karnataka
1 year, 11 months ago

Congress accuses BJP of double engine ‘droha’ on reservation in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala and KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar said that the people of Karnataka will not forgive the BJP and the Basavaraj Bommai government for ‘unpardonable sins’ in the name of reservation to Lingayats, Vokkaligas, and SCs/STs. Mr Surjewala and Mr Shivakumar released a statement: “It’s an unforgivable sin the BJP government has committed by staying its …

SC/ST quota enhancement: Karnataka recommends inclusion of law in 9th Schedule
2 years ago

SC/ST quota enhancement: Karnataka recommends inclusion of law in 9th Schedule

The Hindu  

The Karnataka government has recommended to the Centre to bring the new legislation enhancing reservation to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes under the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution. Chief Secretary Vandita Sharma has written to the Home Secretary, Government of India, on the inclusion of The Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, 2022, that enhances reservation for SCs …

Congress seeks quota overhaul in EWS, party
2 years, 1 month ago

Congress seeks quota overhaul in EWS, party

Hindustan Times  

The Congress party will push for inclusion of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and minorities in the economically weaker sections quota launched by the Narendra Modi government in 2019 through a Constitutional amendment. The party will also roll out 50% reservation for SCs, STs, OBCs, minorities, women and those under 50 years of age across its organisation, party …

SC/ST Quota Hike: Process for Inclusion into 9th Schedule Has Begun, Says K'taka CM
2 years, 1 month ago

SC/ST Quota Hike: Process for Inclusion into 9th Schedule Has Begun, Says K'taka CM

News 18  

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said the sole aim of his government is to render justice to the SC/ST communities, and the process of including the quota hike decision in the ninth schedule of the Constitution has started. The Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Bill, 2022, increased reservation for SCs from 15 to 17 per cent and for …

SC agrees to hear appeal on January 4 challenging direction to hold U.P. municipal polls without reservation for OBC
2 years, 2 months ago

SC agrees to hear appeal on January 4 challenging direction to hold U.P. municipal polls without reservation for OBC

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on January 2 agreed to list on January 4 an appeal filed by the Uttar Pradesh government challenging an Allahabad High Court direction to hold local body elections in the State without reservation for Other Backward Classes. The case raises the fundamental question whether quota for political representation in urban self-government bodies can be equated with reservation …

Time to Review Reservation Policy to Empower Poorest of Poor - News18
2 years, 3 months ago

Time to Review Reservation Policy to Empower Poorest of Poor - News18

News 18  

Recently, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court decided to examine the constitutionality of the Centre’s decision to provide a 10 percent quota for the economically weaker sections of the society. “Whether the 103rd Constitution Amendment Act can be said to breach the basic structure of the Constitution by permitting the state to make special provisions, including reservation, based on …

Ravi Shankar Prasad interview | ‘We must welcome the changing contours of reservation system’
2 years, 4 months ago

Ravi Shankar Prasad interview | ‘We must welcome the changing contours of reservation system’

The Hindu  

With the Supreme Court’s Constitution Bench judgment upholding the 10% reservation for the Economically Weaker Sections introduced by the Narendra Modi-led Central government, former Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has maintained that the judgment upholds the competency of Parliament to change the Constitution, the importance of not second-guessing legislative will, the validity of economic criteria for reservation and that the …

In affidavit in SC, Centre defends exclusion of Dalit Christians, Dalit Muslims from scheduled castes' list
2 years, 4 months ago

In affidavit in SC, Centre defends exclusion of Dalit Christians, Dalit Muslims from scheduled castes' list

Firstpost  

The affidavit was filed in response to a plea of NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation seeking an extension of reservation and other benefits to people from Dalit communities who converted to Islam and Christianity New Delhi: The Centre has defended the exclusion of Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims from the list of scheduled castes, saying historical data shows no …

EWS Quota: We fought apartheid in South Africa, but not in India, petitioners in SC
2 years, 6 months ago

EWS Quota: We fought apartheid in South Africa, but not in India, petitioners in SC

India Today  

A constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday continued to hear the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the 103rd Amendment Act, which provides for a 10 per cent quota for Economically Weaker Sections. A five-judge bench led by the Chief Justice of India UU Lalit heard the submissions made by Senior Advocates Ravi Verma Kumar, Salman Khurshid and …

Supreme Court fixes three key questions for examining EWS quota
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court fixes three key questions for examining EWS quota

The Hindu  

A Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit on September 8, 2022 finalised three cardinal issues for examining whether the 103rd Constitutional Amendment, which provides 10% quota to economically weaker sections of the society in government jobs and educational institutions, violates the Basic Structure of the Constitution. The court will examine whether the amendment breaches the Basic …

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 …

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