Union Government Has Rendered National Commission For Backward Classes Nonfunctional, Hope Appointments Are Made Expeditiously: Madras High Court
1 year, 1 month ago

Union Government Has Rendered National Commission For Backward Classes Nonfunctional, Hope Appointments Are Made Expeditiously: Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently noted that though the Government had established the National Commission for Backward Classes, it had rendered the commission nonfunctional by not making timely appointments. “The Government has constituted a team for National Commission for Backward Classes, but has rendered it nonfunctional. It is expected that the Union would take effective steps for appointing a Vice Chairman and other Members of the National Commission for Backward Classes expeditiously,” the court said. He submitted that after the 102nd Constitutional Amendment, the National Commission for Backward Classes Act 1993 was repealed and Article 338B was inserted into the Constitution thus giving a constitutional status to the Commission.

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