Can A Person Selected On Merit Claim Reservation In Promotions? Supreme Court Asks Centre [Hearing Day 5]
3 years, 5 months ago

Can A Person Selected On Merit Claim Reservation In Promotions? Supreme Court Asks Centre [Hearing Day 5]

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday continued hearing the petitions relating to reservation in promotions. Because nobody knows what it is that satisfies adequacy" - ASG submitted.Further, AG relied on Akhil Bhartiya Soshit Karamchari Sangh v Union of India 1981 1 SCC 246 and R K Sabharwal to argue that percentage of reservation should be the desired representation of the backward classes in the state services and is consistent with the demographic estimate worked out in relation to the population. submitted that while Nagaraj said that there should be quantifiable data with regard to adequacy of representation, it should should not have left it at that.ASG submitted.Further, AG relied on1981 1 SCC 246 and R K Sabharwal to argue that percentage of reservation should be the desired representation of the backward classes in the state services and is consistent with the demographic estimate worked out in relation to the population. Justice Nageswara Rao posed two questions for the ASG: "If a person belonging to a reserved category is selected on merit, at the entry-level, would he/she be counted for the purpose of representation?" ASG Balbir Singh submitted that if somebody at the entry stage has claimed benefit of reservation and then at subsequent stage obtained merit on promotions, he/she would be counted for the purpose of the adequacy of representation.

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“Antithetical To Concept Of Equality": J&K High Court Halts Promotions Without Consideration Of Candidates' SC/ST Reservation
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2 weeks, 2 days ago

“Antithetical To Concept Of Equality": J&K High Court Halts Promotions Without Consideration Of Candidates' SC/ST Reservation

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has restrained the government from making any promotions unless candidates from the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories entitled to reservation are duly considered. Delivering a major relief to reserved category employees who have long been denied their rightful promotions due to a controversial government circular Justice M.A Chowdhary observed, “The respondents …

Reservation system is a farce as it is being followed only for third, fourth grade jobs: Thol. Thirumavalavan
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Reservation system is a farce as it is being followed only for third, fourth grade jobs: Thol. Thirumavalavan

The Hindu  

“The system of reservation which is followed only for third and fourth grade jobs is a farce. In appointment to top and powerful positions reservation is not followed,” said Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader Thol. Mr. Thirumavalavan elaborated: “For powerful positions like professors, Vice-chancellors and directors of higher education institutions, reservation system is not being followed for promotions. That too, reservation …

Promotion As District Judges Under Merit-cum-Seniority Quota Can't Be Denied To Suitable Candidates Based On Merit List : Supreme Court
2 months, 1 week ago

Promotion As District Judges Under Merit-cum-Seniority Quota Can't Be Denied To Suitable Candidates Based On Merit List : Supreme Court

Live Law  

Granting relief to judicial officers of the Jharkhand Judiciary who were denied promotion despite meeting the minimum marks required in the suitability test for the merit-cum-seniority quota, the Supreme Court today reiterated that the merit-cum-seniority quota is not a competitive process. The appellants cited the recent decision passed in the case of Ravikumar Dhansukhlal Mehta v. High Court of Gujarat …

Supreme Court stays Allahabad HC verdict of releasing new merit list in 69,000 teachers recruitment case
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court stays Allahabad HC verdict of releasing new merit list in 69,000 teachers recruitment case

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Allahabad High Court's decision in UP's 69,000 teachers' recruitment case. The High Court had also said that if a reserved category candidate achieves merit equal to the general category, then his selection should be considered in the general category only. The High Court had also said that if a reserved category candidate achieves …

Disabled staff to get quota in promotion with effect from 2016
1 year, 2 months ago

Disabled staff to get quota in promotion with effect from 2016

The Hindu  

December 29, 2023 12:48 am | Updated 02:42 am IST - New Delhi The Union government on Thursday issued an order paving the way for Persons with Disabilities to be considered for reservation in promotions up to the lowest rung of Group A posts in the Central government, with effect from June 30, 2016. The Office Memorandum said, “No financial …

Reservation Must Reach Every Deserving Candidate, Cannot Be Eaten Away By Meritorious Reserved Category Candidate: J&K&L High Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Reservation Must Reach Every Deserving Candidate, Cannot Be Eaten Away By Meritorious Reserved Category Candidate: J&K&L High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Tuesday observed that the benefit of reservation must reach to the deserving candidate in the category and State is under obligation that this benefit is not eaten away by a candidate of reserved category, who has equal or better merit than that of candidate last admitted in the professional course in …

Centre sets ball rolling for quota in promotions
2 years, 11 months ago

Centre sets ball rolling for quota in promotions

Hindustan Times  

The Centre is set to start the process of collecting data on the representation of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe employees at all levels of government, according to an official order, marking the crucial first step in implementing reservation in promotion for these groups that have emerged as key electoral forces in recent years. The government’s April 12 memorandum referred …

Supreme Court Asks Centre To Share Data On Providing Reservation In Promotions For SC/STs
3 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Asks Centre To Share Data On Providing Reservation In Promotions For SC/STs

Live Law  

While passing order in the matter relating to reservation in promotions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Jarnail Singh And Ors. The Court further directed that, in the meanwhile, the Centre should file an affidavit providing particulars of contemporaneous data available before it on providing reservation in promotions for SC/STs. Senior Advocate, Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan apprised the Bench that …

Before Providing Reservation In Promotions To A Cadre, State Obligated To Collect Quantifiable Data Regarding Inadequacy Of Representation Of SC/STs : Supreme Court
3 years, 1 month ago

Before Providing Reservation In Promotions To A Cadre, State Obligated To Collect Quantifiable Data Regarding Inadequacy Of Representation Of SC/STs : Supreme Court

Live Law  

On Friday, the Supreme Court delivered the judgment in the issue relating to reservation in promotions. Article 16 read as under - "Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any provision for reservation in matters of promotion to any class or classes of posts in the services under the State in favour of the Scheduled Castes and …

Supreme Court Refuses To Express Views On Discontinuation Of Reservation; Moots Periodical Review Of Data On Inadequate Representation
3 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Refuses To Express Views On Discontinuation Of Reservation; Moots Periodical Review Of Data On Inadequate Representation

Live Law  

While refusing to express any view on discontinuation of reservation in public employment, the Supreme Court opined that the data collected to establish inadequacy of representation, which forms the basis for providing reservation for promotions, should be reviewed periodically.The bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai was considering the submission made by. While refusing to express …

Promotions: SC not to dilute quota rule
3 years, 1 month ago

Promotions: SC not to dilute quota rule

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the conditions for providing reservation in promotion for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, saying it can’t lay down a new yardstick as the criteria are already specified in the earlier judgments of the Supreme Court in 2006 and 2018. The top court asked states to collect this quantifiable data …

Govts need to collect quantifiable data: SC on reservations to SC/ST employees
3 years, 1 month ago

Govts need to collect quantifiable data: SC on reservations to SC/ST employees

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court of India on Friday announced that Governments need to collect quantifiable data before granting reservation in promotion to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes employees. The apex court further added that it cannot lay down new yardstick after Constitution bench decisions Earlier in October, the Supreme Court reserved its judgement on the issue of the grant of reservation …

States must decide on SC/ST quota in promotions: Supreme Court
3 years, 1 month ago

States must decide on SC/ST quota in promotions: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday, January 28, 2022, refused to lay down the “yardstick” for determining the inadequacy of representation for granting reservation in promotions for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe candidates in government jobs. In respect of the unit of collection of quantifiable data, the court held that the State was “obligated to collect quantifiable data on the inadequacy of representation …

Reservation Not At Odds With Merit; Individual Calibre Trascends Performance In Exams : Supreme Court
3 years, 2 months ago

Reservation Not At Odds With Merit; Individual Calibre Trascends Performance In Exams : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that merit should be socially contextualised and reconceptualised as an instrument that advances social goods like equality that we as a society value, and that in this context, reservation is not at odds with merit but furthers the distributive consequences of social justice. It goes on to assert that while certain individual members of …

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Quashing Of UPSC Civil Services Examination Result 2020 For Allegedly Violating 50% Reservation
3 years, 2 months ago

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Quashing Of UPSC Civil Services Examination Result 2020 For Allegedly Violating 50% Reservation

Live Law  

Update on January 21 - UPSC Civil Services Exam : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea To Quash Select List For Violating 50% Reservation Limit A UPSC aspirant has approached Supreme Court seeking to quash the final result dated September 24, 2021 declared by UPSC for Civil Services Examination 2020 to the extent it violates 50% reservation ceiling.It has been …

'Reservation not at odds with merit': SC upholds validity of OBC quota in NEET admissions
3 years, 2 months ago

'Reservation not at odds with merit': SC upholds validity of OBC quota in NEET admissions

Firstpost  

The top court said that examinations are not a proxy for merit and merit should be socially contextualised and re-conceptualised as an institution towards equality that we as a society value The Supreme Court on Thursday, upholding the 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes in National Eligibility cum Entrance Test All India Quota seats, said that merit cannot …

Change in promotion quota for SC/STs will lead to chaos: Centre
3 years, 4 months ago

Change in promotion quota for SC/STs will lead to chaos: Centre

Hindustan Times  

The Union government on Tuesday cautioned the Supreme Court that any modification in the current policy on reservations in promotion of people belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes “would only throw the entire country into chaos”. In his written note, attorney general KK Venugopal claimed that “the whole of the country, including the public services of the states, …

Supreme Court reserves judgment on issue of grant of reservation in promotion to SCs/STs in government jobs
3 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court reserves judgment on issue of grant of reservation in promotion to SCs/STs in government jobs

Firstpost  

The Centre had earlier told the bench that it is a fact of life that even after 75 years, those belonging to scheduled castes and and scheduled tribes, have not been brought to the same level of merit as the forward classes New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday reserved its judgement on the issue of the grant of reservation in …

Reservation In Promotions : Supreme Court Continues Hearing States On Criteria For Adequacy Of Representation [Hearing Day 4]
3 years, 5 months ago

Reservation In Promotions : Supreme Court Continues Hearing States On Criteria For Adequacy Of Representation [Hearing Day 4]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday continued hearing the petitions relating to reservation in promotions. Reserved Category Candidates Who Were Selected On Their Own Merit Could Not Be Included In The Quota Of The Reserved Category: Senior Advocate Nidhesh Gupta Appearing for the State of Madhya Pradesh, Senior Advocate Nidhesh Gupta on the scope of judicial review with regard to the …

Reservation In Promotions : Adequacy Of Representation Proportionate To Population?Supreme Court Discusses
3 years, 5 months ago

Reservation In Promotions : Adequacy Of Representation Proportionate To Population?Supreme Court Discusses

Live Law  

"When 5-judges have declined the invitation, should we then go into that consideration? The bench noted that the 5-judge bench in Jarnail Singh has left it to the States to determine adequate representation depending upon the promotional post that is in question The bench opined that the "proportionate to population" argument was already rejected by the 5-judge bench and said …

Reservation In Promotion: Can Adequacy Of Representation Be Determined Solely On The Basis Of Percentage? Supreme Court Asks Centre, States
3 years, 5 months ago

Reservation In Promotion: Can Adequacy Of Representation Be Determined Solely On The Basis Of Percentage? Supreme Court Asks Centre, States

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday continued hearing the petitions relating to reservation in promotions. Justice Rao asked: "Is it your case that roster points are identified and determination of reservation being after detailed exercise by the government, no further data need be collected and on this basis. Justice Gavai wondered if entire state service is taken as base for reservation, …

Reservation In Promotions [Day-2] - Figures & Data Need To Be Placed On Adequacy Of Representation: Supreme Court Tells AG
3 years, 5 months ago

Reservation In Promotions [Day-2] - Figures & Data Need To Be Placed On Adequacy Of Representation: Supreme Court Tells AG

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday told the Attorney General for India that the Centre will have to place figures and data would have to be placed before the Court showing that decision to continue with reservation in promotion was based on quantifiable data on adequacy of representation. The Bench further enquired if any exercise to gather quantifiable data and adequacy …

Supreme Court Directs Centre To Issue Instructions To Implement Reservation In Promotions For Persons With Disabilities Within 4 Months
3 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Directs Centre To Issue Instructions To Implement Reservation In Promotions For Persons With Disabilities Within 4 Months

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Union of India to issue instructions "at the earliest and not later than four months", in accordance with the proviso to Section 34 of the Right of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 for giving reservation in promotions to persons with disabilities. The Court said that there are no ambiguities in the judgment and …

Reservation In Promotions For Persons With Disabilities : Centre Seeks Clarifications On Supreme Court Verdict
3 years, 6 months ago

Reservation In Promotions For Persons With Disabilities : Centre Seeks Clarifications On Supreme Court Verdict

Live Law  

The Central Government has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking clarifications with respect to its judgment which declared that persons with disabilities have right to reservation in promotions.On Tuesday, a bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai and Sanjiv Khanna heard arguments on the Centre's application, which seeks clarifications with respect to the. The Central Government has …

Quota for SCs, STs in job promotion | Don’t want to reopen order, says Supreme Court
3 years, 6 months ago

Quota for SCs, STs in job promotion | Don’t want to reopen order, says Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was not ready to reopen a debate on its judgments granting reservation in promotion in government jobs to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. In a 58-page judgment in 2018, a Constitution Bench, led by then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, modified a 2006 judgment that required the State to show quantifiable data …

Centre, States Urge Supreme Court To Settle Confusion In Reservation Norms For Promotions
3 years, 6 months ago

Centre, States Urge Supreme Court To Settle Confusion In Reservation Norms For Promotions

Live Law  

The Central Government and various state governments have urged the Supreme Court to urgently hear the issues relating to reservation in promotions as several appointments have been stalled due to the ambiguities in the norms for applying reservation in promotions.On Tuesday, a total number of 133 petitions arising from various states were listed before a bench comprising Justices L. The …

Persons With Disabilities Have Right To Reservation In Promotions : Supreme Court
3 years, 8 months ago

Persons With Disabilities Have Right To Reservation In Promotions : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday held that persons with physical disabilities have right to reservation in promotions also.A 2-judge bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and R Subhash Reddy held so dismissing an appeal filed by the State of Kerala against a judgment of the Kerala High Court.The Supreme Court said that the High Court judgment was. The Supreme Court …

Selections To Public Employment Should Be On The Basis Of Merit: Supreme Court
4 years, 1 month ago

Selections To Public Employment Should Be On The Basis Of Merit: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court observed that the selections to public employment should be on the basis of merit.Appointment of persons with lesser merit ignoring those who have secured more marks would be in violation of the Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India, the bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Indira Banerjee observed in a judgment passed on …

Candidates Belonging To Reserved Categories Eligible For General Category Vacancies Based On Merit: Supreme Court
4 years, 3 months ago

Candidates Belonging To Reserved Categories Eligible For General Category Vacancies Based On Merit: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has observed that the candidates belonging to reserved category, are eligible to fill general/open category vacancies also.The bench comprising Justices Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and Hrishikesh Roy held that this principle should also be followed while filling vacancies in horizontal reservations in open category.The Court has disapproved the view taken by some. The Court has …

'Reservation Policy To Apply In Effecting Promotions To New Posts Created By Restructuring Of Cadres': Reiterates Supreme Court
4 years, 3 months ago

'Reservation Policy To Apply In Effecting Promotions To New Posts Created By Restructuring Of Cadres': Reiterates Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday reiterated that, by virtue of its 2008 decision in Pushpa Rani's case, where the restructuring of cadres results in creation of new posts, the policy of reservation would apply in effecting promotions to those posts. The bench of Justices U. U. Lalit, Vineet Saran and Ravindra Bhat was hearing a Transferred Case arising out of …

Supreme Court Rejects Plea For Interim Order For Implementation of 50% OBC Reservation in Medical College Seats in 2020-2021
4 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Rejects Plea For Interim Order For Implementation of 50% OBC Reservation in Medical College Seats in 2020-2021

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed pleas filed by State of Tamil Nadu and AIADMK seeking a direction for implementation of 50% quota for Other Backward Classes in the All India Quota for undergraduate, post-graduate medical and dental courses in Tamilnadu for the academic year 2020-2021.A Bench comprising of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi dismissed the …

[Challenge Against NUJS 30% Domicile Reservation] Calcutta HC Division Bench Refuses To Interfere With Single Bench Refusal To Stay Publication Of Merit List
4 years, 5 months ago

[Challenge Against NUJS 30% Domicile Reservation] Calcutta HC Division Bench Refuses To Interfere With Single Bench Refusal To Stay Publication Of Merit List

Live Law  

A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court has refused to interfere in the Single Bench order which refused to grant interim relief in a writ petition challenging the constitutionality of the law mandating 30% domicile reservation for admission in West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences. The Single-Judge Bench of the High Court had declined to pass interim orders …

No Reservation In Promotions Without Examining Adequacy Of Representation In Promotional Posts : SC [Read Judgment]
4 years, 11 months ago

No Reservation In Promotions Without Examining Adequacy Of Representation In Promotional Posts : SC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Following the principle that reservation in promotions cannot be granted without examining adequacy of representation in promotional posts, the Supreme Court on Friday upheld the quashing of a resolution passed Orissa Government.The impugned resolution passed in 2002 had provided reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in promotional posts in Orissa Administrative Service. Following the principle that reservation in promotions …

100% ST Reservations For Teacher Posts In Scheduled Areas: SC Constitution Bench Reserves Judgment
5 years, 1 month ago

100% ST Reservations For Teacher Posts In Scheduled Areas: SC Constitution Bench Reserves Judgment

Live Law  

The Supreme 5-judge Bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra on Thursday reserved its judgment on whether in schools in Scheduled Areas, 100 % reservation in the posts of teachers can be made in favour of members of Scheduled Tribes. When Singh sought to argue that the students in schools in Scheduled Areas are all members of the ST and hence, …

SC judgment on reservations in govt jobs: Congress calls on Centre to file review plea, LJP says disagree with ruling
5 years, 1 month ago

SC judgment on reservations in govt jobs: Congress calls on Centre to file review plea, LJP says disagree with ruling

Firstpost  

Political parties including the CPM,LJP and Congress on Sunday expressed disagreement with the 7 February Supreme Court verdict which held that reservations in government jobs and promotions were not a fundamental right. The Congress, CPM, and Lok Janshakti Party on Sunday said they disagreed with the Supreme Court verdict that held that reservations in government jobs and promotions were not …

Reservation in promotions | Congress, LJP disagree with Supreme Court’s order
5 years, 1 month ago

Reservation in promotions | Congress, LJP disagree with Supreme Court’s order

The Hindu  

The Congress on Sunday said it disagreed with the Supreme Court’s decision on the issue of reservation in appointments and promotions, and alleged that the rights of SC/ST communities are under threat during the BJP rule. “The Congress party believes that the appointment of SC/ST people to government posts should not be at the discretion of governments, but it is …

'Reservations in promotions not a fundamental right': SC says states not bound to provide quotas to SCs, STs in jobs
5 years, 1 month ago

'Reservations in promotions not a fundamental right': SC says states not bound to provide quotas to SCs, STs in jobs

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court gave the verdict during a case regarding the validity of a 2012 notification by the Uttarakhand government to fill up vacancies in government jobs without giving reservation to the SC/ST communities. In a judgment delivered Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that states are not legally bound to provide quotas to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in government …

There cannot be any reservation quota in qualifying examinations, says Supreme Court
5 years, 10 months ago

There cannot be any reservation quota in qualifying examinations, says Supreme Court

India Today  

"For qualifying examinations there cannot be any reservation," the Supreme Court clarified on Monday while hearing a plea seeking 10 percent quota for the economically weaker section in Central Teacher Eligibility Test -2019. When the counsel appearing for petitioner Rajneesh Kumar Pandey and others referred to the notification for CTET examination which is to be held on July 7, the …

SC Upholds Allahabad HC Direction To Apply Subject-Wise Reservation In Teaching Posts In Universities.
6 years, 2 months ago

SC Upholds Allahabad HC Direction To Apply Subject-Wise Reservation In Teaching Posts In Universities.

Live Law  

The Supreme Court yesterday rejected Centre's challenge against a 2017 judgment of Allahabad High Court which had held that reservations in teaching posts in Universities are to be applied by taking subject/discipline as the unit, instead of university.A bench of Justices U U Lalit and Indira Banerjee refused leave to appeal to Ministry of Human Resources Department to challenge the …

SC/ST quotas in promotions: SC refuses to reconsider 2006 order, says matter 'need not be referred' to 7-judge bench
6 years, 6 months ago

SC/ST quotas in promotions: SC refuses to reconsider 2006 order, says matter 'need not be referred' to 7-judge bench

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said its 2006 verdict putting benefits of quotas in job promotions for SC/ST employees need not be referred to a seven-judge bench. The bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, also directed that states need not collect quantifiable data on backwardness of SC/ST employees for giving quota in job promotions. The unanimous judgment was pronounced …

Breaking: No Need To Collect Quantifiable Data Of Backwardness To Give Reservation In Promotions For SC/STs- Nagraj Decision Clarified By SC; Reference To Larger Bench Declined [Read Judgment]
6 years, 6 months ago

Breaking: No Need To Collect Quantifiable Data Of Backwardness To Give Reservation In Promotions For SC/STs- Nagraj Decision Clarified By SC; Reference To Larger Bench Declined [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

A Five Judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has held that the 2006 Judgment in Nagraj Case, relating to reservations for SC/ST in promotions, need not be referred for consideration of larger Bench.However, the judgment by Justice Nariman clarified that there is no requirement to collect quantifiable data of backwardness of SC/STs to provide reservation in promotions. A Five …

Supreme Court verdict on promotion in jobs for SC/ST tomorrow
6 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court verdict on promotion in jobs for SC/ST tomorrow

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is set to announce its verdict on Wednesday relating to a batch of petitions revolving around promotions in government jobs to the members of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes community. A Constitution Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Kurian Joseph, Rohinton Nariman, S.K Kaul and Indu Malhotra had reserved verdict. However, if they wish …

Reservation In Promotions : SC To Pronounce Verdict On Reconsideration Of Nagraj Case Tomorrow
6 years, 6 months ago

Reservation In Promotions : SC To Pronounce Verdict On Reconsideration Of Nagraj Case Tomorrow

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will pronounce its judgment on the question whether its 2006 decision in M. Nagaraj requires reconsideration by a larger bench. The judgment is authored by Justice R F Nariman.In the 2006 judgment, the Apex Court had held that it is not mandatory for the State to make reservations for SC/ST in matter of promotions. Accordingly, a Constitution …

Should M. Nagaraj Verdict On Reservation In Promotions Be Reconsidered? Constitution Bench Reserves Judgment
6 years, 6 months ago

Should M. Nagaraj Verdict On Reservation In Promotions Be Reconsidered? Constitution Bench Reserves Judgment

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgment on the question whether its 2006 decision in M. Nagaraj requires reconsideration by a larger bench.The five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra heard a battery of lawyers, including Attorney General K. K. Venugopal, ASG Tushar Mehta, Senior Counsel Indira Jaising, P. S. Patwalia, Dinesh Dwivedi and Sanjay Hedge in favour …

SC/ST reservation in promotions: Critics call proposal unconstitutional, say responsibility to 'strike balance' lies with state govts
6 years, 7 months ago

SC/ST reservation in promotions: Critics call proposal unconstitutional, say responsibility to 'strike balance' lies with state govts

Firstpost  

For the SC/ST reservation in promotions, the Supreme Court was told on Thursday that reservation in promotion is impermissible and unconstitutional, and it is the responsibility of the state to strike a balance while giving reservation. “The state is reposed with the responsibility to strike a balance and not just enforce reservation,” pleaded senior counsel Shanti Bhushan and Rajeev Dhavan …

Eyeing 2019, Centre pleads top court to provide SC/ST quota in promotions
6 years, 7 months ago

Eyeing 2019, Centre pleads top court to provide SC/ST quota in promotions

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2019, the NDA government on Friday pleaded in the Supreme Court for providing quota in promotion for SC/STs in government jobs and urged for reconsideration of 2006 verdict holding against such reservation in promotions. Attorney General K K Venugopal urged a Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Kurian …

Government jobs promotion: No interim order on reservation to SC/ST quota, says Supreme Court
6 years, 8 months ago

Government jobs promotion: No interim order on reservation to SC/ST quota, says Supreme Court

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused to pass any interim order against its 12-year-old verdict that had dealt with the application of the 'creamy layer' for reservations to SC and ST categories in government job promotions, saying it will be examined by a seven-judge bench. The M Nagaraj verdict of 2006 had held that the 'creamy layer' concept cannot …

Supreme Court to hear case of SC/ST reservations in promotions on 3 August; no interim order against 2006 verdict
6 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court to hear case of SC/ST reservations in promotions on 3 August; no interim order against 2006 verdict

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court has scheduled the hearing of the case related to reservations in case of promotions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes categories on 3 August, while refusing to pass an interim order against its 2006 verdict which dealt with the application of the concept of ‘creamy layer’ for reservations to SC and ST categories in government job promotions. …

Supreme Court nod for quota in promotion in govt. jobs for SC/ST staff
6 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court nod for quota in promotion in govt. jobs for SC/ST staff

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday orally observed that promotions in government offices should go ahead in “accordance with law.” The court was responding to the government’s complaint that the entire promotion process was in limbo because of uncertainty over reservation in promotion for the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe employees. ‘At a standstill’ Additional Solicitor-General Maninder Singh said promotions had come to …

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