Delhi HC Asks Centre, JNU To File Affidavits In Plea Challenging 27% Reservation for OBCs In PG Courses [Read Order]
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi HC Asks Centre, JNU To File Affidavits In Plea Challenging 27% Reservation for OBCs In PG Courses [Read Order]

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Delhi High Court has asked the Central Government and Jawaharlal Nehru University to file affidavits in a petition challenging the provision of 27% reservations to the persons belonging to OBC category in post graduation courses in Central educational institutions, specifically in JNU. In the said case, the Supreme Court had upheld the validity of reservations in respect of persons belonging to the OBC category for admissions under the Central Educational Institutions Act, 2006 but with two express caveats: First, that the persons from creamy layer of OBCs would be excluded from reservations. In this context he further pointed out that as per the majority judgment in Ashok Kumar Thakur case, "Once a candidate graduates from a university, the said candidate is educationally forward and is ineligible for special benefits under Article 15 of the Constitution for post graduate and any further studies thereafter". Accordingly the Petitioner has contended that impugned OM and the e-prospectus issued by JNU, providing 27% reservations to OBCs in its post-graduate courses, is unconstitutional being violative of Article 15 of the Constitution of India as interpreted by the constitution bench of the Supreme Court.

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Congress seeks law for SC, ST quota in private, non-minority educational institutions
2 days, 3 hours ago

Congress seeks law for SC, ST quota in private, non-minority educational institutions

The Hindu  

The Congress on Monday demanded that the government bring in a legislation for SC, ST and OBC quota in private, non-minority educational institutions in the country. Mr. Ramesh said the Congress had during the last Lok Sabha polls committed itself to bringing legislation to implement Article 15 of the Constitution in private educational institutions. "Nothing in this article or sub-clause …

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On PIL For OBC Admissions In Jamia's Residential Coaching Academy
2 months, 1 week ago

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Live Law  

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Delhi private school admissions for low-income, special needs students from Feb 3
2 months, 3 weeks ago

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India Today  

The Delhi Directorate of Education has announced the Delhi Private Schools Admission Guidelines for 2025-26, with the admission process for entry-level classes in private schools under the Economically Weaker Section, disadvantaged groups, and children with special needs categories set to begin on February 3, 2025. ADMISSION CRITERIA AND AGE LIMIT The notification outlines specific age criteria for entry into different …

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4 months ago

'Balance Must Be Stricken Between Mistake And Chance To Rectify Lapse', Delhi High Court Allows Candidates To Join Post

Live Law  

A Division Bench of Delhi High Court comprising Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur observed while allowing a Petition that authorities must look into the accuracy of documents and decide the cases of candidates based on facts and circumstances of each case. The third Petitioner's candidature was rejected on the ground of alleged mismatch in the name of the petitioner's …

'Balance Must Be Stricken Between Mistake And Chance To Rectify Lapse', Delhi High Court Allows Candidates To Join Post
4 months ago

'Balance Must Be Stricken Between Mistake And Chance To Rectify Lapse', Delhi High Court Allows Candidates To Join Post

Live Law  

A Division Bench of Delhi High Court comprising Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur observed while allowing a Petition that authorities must look into the accuracy of documents and decide the cases of candidates based on facts and circumstances of each case. The third Petitioner's candidature was rejected on the ground of alleged mismatch in the name of the petitioner's …

What Backward classes panel chief said on OBC quota demand for Marathas
7 months, 2 weeks ago

What Backward classes panel chief said on OBC quota demand for Marathas

India Today  

Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission Chairperson Sunil Shukre on Monday said that those seeking reservation for the Maratha community in the Other Backwards Classes should "study the Constitution". Speaking at Baithak, a conclave organised by India Today's sister channel Mumbai Tak, he said, "Quota or reservation is a policy matter. Shukre's remarks came amid protests by Maratha quota activist Manoj …

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1 year, 4 months ago

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Live Law  

Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav of the Delhi High Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a medical student whose admission was cancelled by Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Science on the basis that OBC status of his caste was not recognized in view of the central OBC list. On behalf of the Institute, it was submitted that petitioner, belonging to …

Delhi High Court mandate 5% reservation for specially-abled candidates in educational institutes
1 year, 8 months ago

Delhi High Court mandate 5% reservation for specially-abled candidates in educational institutes

India Today  

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HC Asks Delhi University to Respond to Plea Alleging Arbitrariness in Seat Allocation in LLB Course
2 years, 2 months ago

HC Asks Delhi University to Respond to Plea Alleging Arbitrariness in Seat Allocation in LLB Course

News 18  

The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the University of Delhi to respond to a plea alleging arbitrariness in the seat allocation for admission into the law programme. The plea argued that the impugned first admission list excluded reserved category students, albeit obtaining marks above the general cut-off, from taking admissions under the open/unreserved category admission list. This …

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2 years, 3 months ago

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The Hindu  

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OBC reservation in India: History, state-wise quota, legal challenges, tussle for local body polls
2 years, 10 months ago

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The Hindu  

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Live Law  

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3 years, 1 month ago

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India Today  

The Delhi High Court on Monday demanded a "concise and crisp" statement from the Delhi government in response to a plea seeking admission of over 44,000 students from the poorer sections and disadvantaged groups to various private schools in the city. Fundamental rights of people violated The petition, which was filed through advocates Khagesh B Jha and Shikha Sharma, alleged …

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3 years, 1 month ago

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Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has observed that the purpose of admitting students to schools under the Economically Weaker Section category is to ensure that students of the under-privileged strata of society get access to quality education as envisaged under Article 21A of the Constitution of India. Justice Rekha Palli was dealing with a petition moved by a private unaided and …

Maratha quota | Centre alone can identify socially and educationally backward classes: Supreme Court
3 years, 10 months ago

Maratha quota | Centre alone can identify socially and educationally backward classes: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Centre alone is empowered to identify socially and educationally backward classes and include them in the Central List for claiming reservation benefits. “The President alone, to the exclusion of all other authorities, is empowered to identify SEBCs and include them in a list to be published under Article 342A, which shall be deemed to include SEBCs in relation to …

Aspiring Law Students Move Calcutta HC Challenging 30% Domicile Reservation In WBNUJS
4 years, 6 months ago

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Live Law  

Two aspiring law students, belonging to the general category, have moved Calcutta High Court with a writ petition challenging the constitutionality of the law mandating 30% domicile reservation for admission in West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences. Being prospective candidates at NUJS, these students from Delhi and Mathura have challenged the vires of the West Bengal National University of …

Delhi Govt Moves HC Challenging The Admission Notification Of NLU Delhi For Not Providing Reservation To OBC And EWS Categories
4 years, 8 months ago

Delhi Govt Moves HC Challenging The Admission Notification Of NLU Delhi For Not Providing Reservation To OBC And EWS Categories

Live Law  

Delhi Government has moved an application before the Delhi High Court challenging the admission notification issued by the National Law University, Delhi, so far as it eliminates vertical reservation for Other Backward Classes and Economically Weaker Section categories. Moved as an application in a pending writ petition titled Balvinder Sangwan v. State of NCT of Delhi the application also wants …

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4 years, 9 months ago

Delhi HC Stays NLU-Delhi's 50% Horizontal Reservation For Students Who Passed Qualifying Exams From Institutes In NCT [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed the decision to introduce 50% horizontal reservation in National Law University Delhi to students who passed their qualifying exam from the institutes located within the National Capital Territory.The Court ordered "Status quo ante as of the previous academic year shall be maintained for making admissions to the BA LL.B and LL.M. The Delhi …

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Domicile Reservation For Delhiites In NLU Delhi [Read Order]
4 years, 9 months ago

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Domicile Reservation For Delhiites In NLU Delhi [Read Order]

Live Law  

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea seeking quashing of the provision giving 50% reservation to students who passed their qualifying exam from the Institute located within the National Capital Territory. Hence, NLU Delhi has grossly violated the guidelines issued by MHRD and reservation for OBC & EWS were implemented without increasing the seats", it is sought to …

Delhi HC Asks Centre, JNU To File Affidavits In Plea Challenging 27% Reservation For OBCs In PG Courses [Read Order]
4 years, 9 months ago

Delhi HC Asks Centre, JNU To File Affidavits In Plea Challenging 27% Reservation For OBCs In PG Courses [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has asked the Central Government and Jawaharlal Nehru University to file affidavits in a petition challenging the provision of 27% reservations to the persons belonging to OBC category in post graduation courses in Central educational institutions, specifically in JNU. In the said case, the Supreme Court had upheld the validity of reservations in respect of persons …

Delhi HC To Hear Plea Challenging Reservation For OBCs In PG Courses In Central Educational Institutions, Tomorrow [Read Petition]
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi HC To Hear Plea Challenging Reservation For OBCs In PG Courses In Central Educational Institutions, Tomorrow [Read Petition]

Live Law  

A petition challenging the provision of 27% reservations to the persons belonging to OBC category in post graduation courses in Central educational institutions, specifically in JNU, is listed for hearing in the Delhi High Court tomorrow. In the said case, the Supreme Court had upheld the validity of reservations in respect of persons belonging to the OBC category for admissions …

Issuance Of A Public Notice Does Not Require Any Enabling Statutory Provision : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
5 years, 5 months ago

Issuance Of A Public Notice Does Not Require Any Enabling Statutory Provision : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Delhi High Court has held that issuance of public notice doesn't require any enabling statutory provision. In the present writ petition, the Petitioner had challenged the Public Notice issued by the National Council for Teacher Education inviting applications from Institutes for conducting the Integrated Teacher Education Programmes. Mr Sanjay Sharawat, appearing for the Petitioner, argued that a conjoint reading of …

Caste certificate not mandatory for SEBC students in admissions to professional courses
5 years, 9 months ago

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India Today  

Maharashtra minister Vinod Tawde on Wednesday announced that caste validity certificate for the socially and economically backward class category is not mandatory for admissions to engineering and other professional courses. The move will benefit students from the Maratha community which have been declared as socially and economically backward class by the government. Important points from the SEBC category meeting: The …

Maharashtra promulgates ordinance for SEBC quota in medical education
5 years, 10 months ago

Maharashtra promulgates ordinance for SEBC quota in medical education

India Today  

Spelling relief to around 250 post-graduate students on the warpath since nearly a fortnight, Maharashtra Governor CV Rao on Monday signed an ordinance to provide the benefit of reservations in admissions to social and educationally backward classes in medical and dental undergraduate and post-graduate courses. Coordinator for the agitating students Harshal Padekar, however, said that the Ordinance has not yet …

President Kovind appoints five-member panel to examine sub-categorisation of OBCs
7 years, 5 months ago

President Kovind appoints five-member panel to examine sub-categorisation of OBCs

India TV News  

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday appointed a five-member panel headed by Delhi High Court’s former Chief Justice G Rohini to examine the sub categorisation of Other Backward Classes under Article 340 of the Constitution, an official statement said. “This decision, taken on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, reinforces, in the spirit of his teachings, the government's efforts to …

Centre approves inclusion of 15 new castes in OBC list
8 years, 4 months ago

Centre approves inclusion of 15 new castes in OBC list

Live Mint  

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Wholesale restriction on Admission based on domicile is Unconstitutional: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]
8 years, 8 months ago

Wholesale restriction on Admission based on domicile is Unconstitutional: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court in Mata Sundri Educational Welfare Society vs. Union of India has held that complete restriction cannot be imposed in respect of admission to academic courses on the basis of domicile of the State.Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain quashed a circular issued by Indian Nursing Council restricting admission to Auxiliary Nursing and Midwives Course, only to …

Wholesale restriction on Admission based on domicile is Unconstitutional: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]
8 years, 8 months ago

Wholesale restriction on Admission based on domicile is Unconstitutional: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

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HC stays quota for Jats, five other communities
8 years, 10 months ago

HC stays quota for Jats, five other communities

The Hindu  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday stayed reservation for Jats and members of five other communities — Jat Sikhs, Muslim Jats, Bishnois, Rors and Tyagis — provided by the Haryana government under a newly carved Backward Classes category. The High Court passed the order after hearing a petition challenging the constitutional validity of The Haryana Backward Classes Act …

Reservation is to achieve the concept of giving equal opportunity to all sections of the society; SC [Read Judgment]
9 years, 1 month ago

Reservation is to achieve the concept of giving equal opportunity to all sections of the society; SC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

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NCBC pitches for inclusion of poor among upper castes in OBC list
9 years, 3 months ago

NCBC pitches for inclusion of poor among upper castes in OBC list

India TV News  

New Delhi: Amid rising demand for extension of job reservations for economically backward among upper castes, the National Commission for Backward Classes has said that it can include economically weaker sections in the OBC list noting like caste, occupation is also an indicator of backwardness. While indicating the commission may advice government to bring ‘poor upper caste' under quota ambit, …

Cabinet nod to adding four castes in OBC list
9 years, 7 months ago

Cabinet nod to adding four castes in OBC list

India TV News  

Cabinet nod to adding four castes in OBC list New Delhi: The union cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval for amending the central list of Other Backward Classes to include Sipai and Patni Jamat or Turk Jamat of Gujarat and New Delhi: The union cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval for amending the central list of Other Backward Classes to …

Bombay HC upholds two entry levels for admissions of Economically Weaker Sections under Right to Education Act
9 years, 7 months ago

Bombay HC upholds two entry levels for admissions of Economically Weaker Sections under Right to Education Act

Live Law  

A Bombay High Court Bench comprising Justice Anoop Mohta and Justice Vijay Achliya has ruled that the State Government’s move to revive the January 21 resolution implementing dual-entry admissions of students of Economically Weaker Sections was well within the framework of the Right to Education Act.Earlier in May, the Court had stayed the RTE quota admissions to. A Bombay High …

Quota in medical, dental PG courses: SC rejects plea of Jat students
10 years ago

Quota in medical, dental PG courses: SC rejects plea of Jat students

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea of Jat students seeking benefits of reservation under Other Backward Class in the ongoing process of admission in post-graduate medical and dental courses. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea of Jat students seeking benefits of reservation under Other Backward Class in the ongoing process of admission in post-graduate …

Inclusion of Jats in OBC list comes under SC scanner
11 years ago

Inclusion of Jats in OBC list comes under SC scanner

India TV News  

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HC clears air on quota row over admission to IP University
11 years, 7 months ago

HC clears air on quota row over admission to IP University

India TV News  

New Delhi, Aug 9: The Delhi High Court has ruled that students belonging to communities which are not included in the list of Scheduled Castes for Delhi will not be entitled for admission in Guru Govind Singh IP University against the seats reserved for the category. The court also made it clear that only those SC students who are residents …

HC exempts four DU colleges from 27 percent reservation for OBC
12 years, 9 months ago

HC exempts four DU colleges from 27 percent reservation for OBC

India TV News  

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SC Says, Eligibility For OBCs Should Be Maximum 10 Pc Less Than Gen Category
13 years, 7 months ago

SC Says, Eligibility For OBCs Should Be Maximum 10 Pc Less Than Gen Category

India TV News  

New Delhi, Aug 18 : The Supreme Court today held that the minimum eligibility percentage for admission in central universities for OBC category should be at most 10 per cent less than that of general category students. A bench headed by Justice R V Raveendran said that the eligibility criteria for OBC category students should not be decided on the …

SC to Centre: vacant OBC seats for general category
16 years, 5 months ago

SC to Centre: vacant OBC seats for general category

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that all vacant seats reserved for other backward classes, or OBCs, in Central educational institutions should be filled up by general category students. The institutes must “endeavour to fill up” vacant seats with general category students by the end of October, the Chief Justice said. However, IIT-Delhi director Surendra Prasad said dereserving …

Equity in education
16 years, 10 months ago

Equity in education

The Hindu  

In a historic judgment in the Mandal II case, the Supreme Courts Constitution Bench paves the way for social justice in higher education. The petitioners had also challenged the validity of the Central Educational Institutions Act, 2006, which provides for reservation in admission to certain Central government-run educational institutions for students belonging to the S.C., S.T. The Supreme Courts two-Judge …

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