What’s wrong in using economic criteria for reservation, asks Supreme Court
2 years, 3 months ago

What’s wrong in using economic criteria for reservation, asks Supreme Court

The Hindu  

What is “so principally, so fundamentally wrong” in singling out economic criterion for grant of reservation, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India U.U. The quota excludes Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, who form ‘homogenous groups’ included in the prevalent 50% reservation granted separately. Reservation was not meant to address any problem, but a specific problem — to bring Backward Classes to the mainstream by giving them access to education, government jobs,” Mr. Farasat answered. “The Amendment, by excluding the Backward Classes from the ambit of the EWS quota, betrays the actual intent to serve as a quota for middle class members of the forward castes,” Mr. Farasat argued.

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EWS Reservation Turns Constitution On Its Head, Supreme Court Erred By Upholding It : Justice Nariman
2 weeks, 3 days ago

EWS Reservation Turns Constitution On Its Head, Supreme Court Erred By Upholding It : Justice Nariman

Live Law  

While delivering the Justice VR Krishna Iyer Memorial Lecture, former Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman critiqued today the EWS judgment for upholding the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which excluded from the ambit of economic reservation people belonging to Schedules Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Backward Classes.The former judge commented that the EWS judgment was wrong. Remarking that the decision was in the teeth …

Can creamy layer in the Dalit quota be justified?
3 months 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 …

Economic Reservation In India: Sub Classification Of SC ST
4 months ago

Economic Reservation In India: Sub Classification Of SC ST

Live Law  

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in India represent some of the most socio-economically disadvantaged groups, as recognized under the Constitution to facilitate equality initiatives. Moreover, there is a risk that sub-classification could heightens existing social antagonism within SC/ST communities, potentially leading to intra-community conflicts and divisions. Moving forward, states must consider historical injustices, economic inequalities, and social factors when designing …

Quotas in quota | Panacea or pandora's box?
4 months 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 …

In Tamil Nadu, data on quota is a Pandora’s Box
4 months, 1 week ago

In Tamil Nadu, data on quota is a Pandora’s Box

The Hindu  

Politics over reservation in education and public employment is nothing new to Tamil Nadu. The question over the data has been addressed partially through the publication of the State Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department’s reply to a query under the RTI on the representation of Vanniyars and the rest within the exclusive 20% quota for MBC-DNCs …

7-judge SC bench upholds quota within SC/ST quota saying sub-classification is permissible
4 months, 2 weeks ago

7-judge SC bench upholds quota within SC/ST quota saying sub-classification is permissible

Op India  

In a major ruling on the 1st of August, a 7-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court ruled by a 6:1 majority that sub-classification of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes is admissible in order to give distinct quotas for more backwards within the SC/ST categories. The seven-judge Constitution bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath, Bela M …

Explained: Sub-classification of Scheduled Castes and the Supreme Court
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Explained: Sub-classification of Scheduled Castes and the Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

On August 1, a seven-judge Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court with a majority of 6:1 held that sub-classification of Scheduled Castes for the purpose of reservation was constitutional. While hearing the appeal in 2014, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court noted that Chinniah needs to be revisited in light of Article 338 and the law laid in Indra …

Caste reservation fabric needs new pattern
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 months, 3 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 …

SC Allows Sub-Divisions in SC, ST for Quota
4 months, 3 weeks ago

SC Allows Sub-Divisions in SC, ST for Quota

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In a landmark verdict, a seven-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday okayed sub-classification within the Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe communities to provide reservations in jobs and education for the more marginalised sub-sets. Thus, the state in exercise of the power under Articles 15 and 16 can further classify the SCs if there is a …

SC allows states to sub-classify SCs, STs for quotas within reserved categories
4 months, 3 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 …

Supreme Court Seeks Response From Union, AIIMS In Challenge To 'Institutional Preference' Quota Exceeding 50% In PG Medical Admissions
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Seeks Response From Union, AIIMS In Challenge To 'Institutional Preference' Quota Exceeding 50% In PG Medical Admissions

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Union and All India Institute of Medical Sciences in a petition challenging the reservation quota for "Institutional Preference" that exceeds 50% in postgraduate admissions.The Petitioner has challenged the over-reservation or 'super reservation' of seats under 'Institutional Preference' in the postgraduate admissions as being. The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Union …

SC refuses interim stay on Patna HC’s ruling striking down Bihar government’s 65% reservation law
4 months, 3 weeks ago

SC refuses interim stay on Patna HC’s ruling striking down Bihar government’s 65% reservation law

Op India  

On Monday, the Supreme Court of India refused an interim stay on Patna High Court’s judgement that struck down the Bihar government’s law that increased reservations in the state from 50% to 65% in public employment and educational institutions. No interim relief.” Notably, the Bihar government has approached the top court to challenge the Patna High Court’s order dated 20th …

SC declines to grant interim stay of Patna HC decision quashing 65% quota in Bihar
4 months, 3 weeks ago

SC declines to grant interim stay of Patna HC decision quashing 65% quota in Bihar

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on July 29 refused to order interim stay of a Patna High Court decision quashing reservation up to 65% for Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in public employment and institutions. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and senior advocate Shyam Divan, for Bihar, urged the court to stay the High Court decision which had …

Supreme Court refuses to stay Patna HC order that scrapped govt's move to increase Backward Classes quota
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court refuses to stay Patna HC order that scrapped govt's move to increase Backward Classes quota

India TV News  

In a major setback to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the BJP, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Patna High Court's decision that scrapped state government's decision to increase the quota for backward classes from 50 per cent to 65 per cent. Supreme Court listed the matter in September for hearing Bihar Government's plea challenging Patna …

Bihar moves top court against HC quota hike order
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bihar moves top court against HC quota hike order

Hindustan Times  

The Bihar government has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Patna high court decision striking down the law enhancing caste-based reservation to 65% in jobs and admissions and argued that the caste survey carried out by the state adequately satisfies the parameters required to breach the 50% ceiling on reservation set by the top court in the 1992 Indra Sawhney …

Bihar reservation hike: State government moves SC against Patna HC decision to ‘set aside’ reservation hike
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bihar reservation hike: State government moves SC against Patna HC decision to ‘set aside’ reservation hike

The Hindu  

The Bihar government moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday, challenging the Patna High Court’s directive to ‘set aside’ the increase in the State’s reservation for disadvantaged communities, from the existing 50% to 65%. “Yes, the State government has filed an appeal before the Supreme Court today and our advocate Ayush Anand too has filed a caveat before the court to …

The Patna HC judgment on reservation and its implications on future quota policies
5 months, 4 weeks ago

The Patna HC judgment on reservation and its implications on future quota policies

Hindustan Times  

Recently, the Patna High Court in Gaurav Kumar and Others vs State of Bihar and Ors. After independence, Articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution of India laid down measures for reservations for the backward classes, where, Article 15 talks about educational institutions, though the word “adequate” is not used, however in Article 16, the provision reserves adequate representation and …

Limit and excess: On the Patna High Court judgment and enhanced reservation
6 months ago

Limit and excess: On the Patna High Court judgment and enhanced reservation

The Hindu  

The Patna High Court judgment striking down enhanced reservation for various communities in employment and education marks yet another instance of the strict application of the 50% ceiling on total reservations by the judiciary. The verdict has invalidated the Nitish Kumar regime’s decision of last year to amend its quota law to raise Backward Classes reservation from 12% to 18%, …

Maharashtra assembly passes bill for 10% reservation to Marathas
10 months ago

Maharashtra assembly passes bill for 10% reservation to Marathas

Hindustan Times  

The Maharashtra assembly on Monday passed a bill for 10% reservation to the Marathas in educational institutes and government jobs even as courts struck down similar laws enacted in 2014 and 2019. In its report, the commission said Marathas, who account for Maharashtra’s 28% population, faced “‘exceptional and extraordinary” backwardness, making it a fit case for the reservation to breach …

Cannot treat Scheduled Castes as a homogenous group: Supreme Court
10 months, 2 weeks 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 …

SG: last part of 15(5) is an exception to the... ... Aligarh Muslim University Minority Status: Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing [Day 6]
10 months, 3 weeks ago

SG: last part of 15(5) is an exception to the... ... Aligarh Muslim University Minority Status: Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing [Day 6]

Live Law  

SG: last part of 15 is an exception to the equality clause and therefore the test to decide the university to be a minority will have to be very strict test.this amendment after TMA Pai and Inamdar they did not take note of this fact. Where yourlordships have said that 15 is an extension of the doctrine of equality because …

In Bihar, reservation now at 75%. What about Supreme Court's 50% cap?
1 year, 1 month ago

In Bihar, reservation now at 75%. What about Supreme Court's 50% cap?

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court in its landmark 1992 judgment in the Indra Sawhney vs Union of India — popularly known as the Mandal Commission verdict – capped reservation for the backward class in government jobs and educational institutions at 50 per cent. The Kumar government’s decision also takes Bihar’s reservation quota past the 50 per cent camp imposed by the Supreme …

Bihar assembly unanimously passes bill for 65% caste reservation
1 year, 1 month 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 …

Arguments in EWS verdict may serve as a shot in the arm for seeking more quota post Bihar caste survey
1 year, 2 months ago

Arguments in EWS verdict may serve as a shot in the arm for seeking more quota post Bihar caste survey

The Hindu  

Arguments employed by the Supreme Court in its majority verdict to uphold the 10% economically weaker sections quota for the “poorest of the poor” among forward castes can paradoxically become a stimulus for the backward classes to seek reservation over and above the 50% ceiling limit on the basis of the data published after the Bihar caste-based survey. The majority …

These Seats Are Reserved: Putting the quota debate in context
1 year, 7 months ago

These Seats Are Reserved: Putting the quota debate in context

India Today  

These Seats are Reserved: Caste, Quotas and the Constitution of India by Abhinav Chandrachud, a lawyer practising at the Bombay High Court, explains the history of the affirmative action provisions in the Indian Constitution and demystifies the complex set of rules and procedures through which these clauses are put into operation. The first half traces the history of constitutionalising reservation …

5-judge SC bench to hear review pleas challenging order upholding EWS quota
1 year, 7 months ago

5-judge SC bench to hear review pleas challenging order upholding EWS quota

India Today  

A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, will hear on May 9 review petitions challenging its verdict which upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment that provides 10% reservation in government jobs and educational institutions to the Economically Weaker Section. A five-judge Supreme Court bench comprising then CJI UU Lalit, Justice …

'Wholesale Domicile Reservation Unconstitutional' : Supreme Court Asks MP Govt To Review 75% Domicile Quota In B.Ed Seats
1 year, 7 months ago

'Wholesale Domicile Reservation Unconstitutional' : Supreme Court Asks MP Govt To Review 75% Domicile Quota In B.Ed Seats

Live Law  

Stating that domicile reservation should not become a "wholesale reservation", the Supreme Court has asked the State of Madhya Pradesh to review its decision to have 75% domicile reservation in B.Ed seats. "We make it clear that though reservation in favour of residents is permissible, yet reservation to the extent of 75% of the total seats makes it a wholesale …

Bhatti slams Amit Shah for remarks on Muslim quota
1 year, 7 months ago

Bhatti slams Amit Shah for remarks on Muslim quota

Deccan Chronicle  

KARIMNAGAR: CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka called Union home minister Amit Shah's statement that the BJP will scrap 4 per cent reservations for Muslims in Telangana if the party forms government a "drop of poison" meant to cause unrest in a state where people live in peace and communal harmony. Bhatti stated that the Congress government provided 4 percent reservations …

Review of Abhinav Chandrachud’s These Seats Are Reserved — Caste, Quotas and the Constitution of India: Ground realities
1 year, 8 months ago

Review of Abhinav Chandrachud’s These Seats Are Reserved — Caste, Quotas and the Constitution of India: Ground realities

The Hindu  

India’s jurisprudence on affirmative action and reservations can sometimes appear to be a veritable maze. In a new book, These Seats Are Reserved: Caste, Quotas and the Constitution of India, the lawyer Abhinav Chandrachud tells the tale of these debates. He begins with the history behind quotas, which has its origins in British India, and takes us through different constitutional …

How affirmative action works
1 year, 8 months ago

How affirmative action works

Live Mint  

Despite a relatively decent growth rate, unemployment has touched new heights. They trace how terms like depressed classes, backward classes, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes came to be used and how these groups were identified as categories eligible for reservation. The historical rear-view approach helps us make sense of long-standing positions that critics as well as defenders …

SC agrees to hear appeal on January 4 challenging direction to hold U.P. municipal polls without reservation for OBC
1 year, 11 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 …

Uttar Pradesh moves Supreme Court against HC directive to hold local body polls without OBC quota
1 year, 11 months ago

Uttar Pradesh moves Supreme Court against HC directive to hold local body polls without OBC quota

The Hindu  

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court against 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 in higher education and public employment for socially and economically …

Time to Review Reservation Policy to Empower Poorest of Poor - News18
2 years 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 …

'EWS Quota Is Reservation For Upper Castes With A Creamy Layer Exclusion': All India Backward Classes Federation Seeks Review Of Supreme Court Judgment
2 years ago

'EWS Quota Is Reservation For Upper Castes With A Creamy Layer Exclusion': All India Backward Classes Federation Seeks Review Of Supreme Court Judgment

Live Law  

A review petition has been filed by All India Backward Classes Federation against the majority judgement of the Constitution Bench judgment upholding the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced provisions for reservation to Economically Weaker Sections. The judgement dated 07.11.2022, by a 3:2 majority, had upheld the validity f the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced 10% reservation for …

Chhattisgarh cabinet approves bills for reservation in different categories
2 years, 1 month ago

Chhattisgarh cabinet approves bills for reservation in different categories

Hindustan Times  

The Chhattisgarh cabinet headed by chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday approved two amendment bills paving the way for reservation in admissions and employment in proportion to population of various sections of the society in the state. Chhattisgarh government spokesperson and parliamentary affairs minister Ravindra Choubey said the cabinet approved the drafts of the Chhattisgarh Public Service Amendment Act and …

EWS quota verdict: SC arrived at proper conclusion but did not address correct issues
2 years, 1 month ago

EWS quota verdict: SC arrived at proper conclusion but did not address correct issues

Firstpost  

Ending caste-based discrimination is and should be a goal of the Indian state, but it can’t be the only goal under the equality code of the Constitution. Ending income inequality is also a goal to establish an egalitarian society The Supreme Court pronounced its verdict on the EWS reservations, and the jury is still out on the correctness of the …

Manish Tewari | What about merit... and equality of opportunity?
2 years, 1 month ago

Manish Tewari | What about merit... and equality of opportunity?

Deccan Chronicle  

The Supreme Court's judgment in Janhit Abhiyan vs Union of India upheld the One Hundred and Third Amendment to the Constitution of India. The majority, led by Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, held that a) economic criteria can be the sole basis of reservations; b) EWS reservation can be applied to private unaided institutions; c) that exclusion of socially and educationally backward …

Explainer on the Supreme Court upholding the EWS quota
2 years, 1 month ago

Explainer on the Supreme Court upholding the EWS quota

Hindustan Times  

Recently, the Supreme Court upheld the 10% reservation in education and employment for Economically Weaker Sections. The challenge to the validity of the constitutional amendment was based on three grounds, which are: Reservation based on economic criteria violates the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution. In the present case, the challenge to the 103rd Constitutional Amendment was based on the argument …

The shape of the Indian economic pie must change
2 years, 1 month ago

The shape of the Indian economic pie must change

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India’s decision to support the economically weaker sections quota raises fundamental questions about remedies for social and economic discrimination. Nearly everywhere a gaping chasm divides official meritocratic discourse from the reality of access to education and wealth for society’s least favored class.” Money as master The money-owning class was despised in many cultures as mere money …

EWS Quota Is Reservation For The Over-Represented, Excludes The Real Unrepresented : Mohan Gopal On Supreme Court Judgment | Interview
2 years, 1 month ago

EWS Quota Is Reservation For The Over-Represented, Excludes The Real Unrepresented : Mohan Gopal On Supreme Court Judgment | Interview

Live Law  

According to renowned academician Professor Dr. Mohan Gopal, the Supreme Court's majority judgment which upheld the reservation for Economically Weaker Sections as introduced by the 103rd Constitution Amendment is comparable to the infamous emergency era judgment in the case ADM Jabalpur vs Shivkant Shukla. Reservation only for forward classes violates social fabric Professor Gopal explained that confining the EWS quota …

Explained | How has the EWS ruling altered reservations?
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | How has the EWS ruling altered reservations?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Supreme Court, by a 3:2 majority, has upheld the validity of the Constitution Act, 2019, providing reservation up to 10% for Economically Weaker Sections in education and employment among those groups that do not come under any community-based reservation. The 103rd amendment introduced Article 15, an enabling provision for the state to make special provisions …

Tamil Nadu not to implement EWS quota, to challenge Supreme Court verdict
2 years, 1 month ago

Tamil Nadu not to implement EWS quota, to challenge Supreme Court verdict

India Today  

In an all-party meeting called by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, a resolution was passed to file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict that upheld the 10 per cent reservation for Economically Weaker Sections in government jobs with a 3:2 majority. The all-party meeting adopted a resolution on Saturday to reject the 103rd Constitutional amendment providing 10 …

Why 10% quota for ‘economically weak’ in India has caused uproar
2 years, 1 month ago

Why 10% quota for ‘economically weak’ in India has caused uproar

Al Jazeera  

Controversial 10 percent quota in jobs and education for so-called ‘Economically Weaker Sections’ category of people angers politicians and caste activists. Politicians and activists in India have raised concerns over the country’s Supreme Court upholding a controversial government decision to implement a 10 percent quota in jobs and education for the so-called Economically Weaker Sections of society. — Shoaib Daniyal …

DC Edit | Use data to frame quotas, update them periodically
2 years, 1 month ago

DC Edit | Use data to frame quotas, update them periodically

Deccan Chronicle  

Democracies start off setting for themselves lofty goals which they hope to achieve at some point in time. All the five judges of the Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the 103rd amendment to the Constitution which provided reservation based on economic criteria. While the majority judgments of three judges also found the 50 per cent ceiling …

Parliament Can Experiment with Avowed Objective of Socio-Economic Justice: SC’s Majority Ruling on EWS Reservation
2 years, 1 month ago

Parliament Can Experiment with Avowed Objective of Socio-Economic Justice: SC’s Majority Ruling on EWS Reservation

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Economically Weaker Section reservation, which was introduced through the Constitution Act, 2019. Justice Bela M Trivedi’s concurring view stipulated that the “legislature understand and appreciates the needs of its own people” while justifying the amendment. “…the deprivations arising from economic disadvantages, including those of discrimination and exclusion, need to be addressed to by …

SC/ST/OBC Exclusion From EWS Quota Logical, Necessary To Avoid Double Benefits: Supreme Court
2 years, 1 month ago

SC/ST/OBC Exclusion From EWS Quota Logical, Necessary To Avoid Double Benefits: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court by 3:2 majority upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections in education and public employment. Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Bela Trivedi and JB Pardiwala upheld the 103rd Constitution Amendment, Justice S Ravindra Bhat wrote a dissenting judgment, which was concurred with by the Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh …

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