Jharkhand High Court halts 75% job quota for locals in private sector
1 week, 4 days ago

Jharkhand High Court halts 75% job quota for locals in private sector

India Today  

The Jharkhand High Court has put on hold the implementation of the Jharkhand State Employment of Local Candidates in Private Sector Act, 2021. The law mandates 75 per cent reservation for local candidates in private sector jobs. A division bench comprising Chief Justice MS Ramchandra Rao and Justice Dipak Roshan passed the order while hearing a petition filed by Inder Agarwal, president of the Adityapur Small Industries Association. The Jharkhand State Employment of Local Candidates in Private Sector Act, 2021, was enacted to ensure 75 per cent reservation for locals in jobs offering a monthly salary of up to Rs 40,000.

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Jharkhand HC Stays Law Giving 75% Quota To Locals In Private Jobs, Says Employers Can't Be Prevented From Recruiting Based On Choice
1 week, 3 days ago

Jharkhand HC Stays Law Giving 75% Quota To Locals In Private Jobs, Says Employers Can't Be Prevented From Recruiting Based On Choice

Live Law  

In an interim order passed on Wednesday the Jharkhand High Court stayed the operation of the state law mandating employment of 75% local candidates in private sector against the total notified vacancies. The high court passed the order while hearing a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Jharkhand State Employment of Local Candidates in Private Sector Act, 2021. …

Jharkhand HC put stay on law giving 75 per cent reservation for locals in private companies
1 week, 4 days ago

Jharkhand HC put stay on law giving 75 per cent reservation for locals in private companies

New Indian Express  

In a setback to the Hemant Soren Government in Jharkhand, the Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday put a stay on the implementation of the 75 per cent reservation for locals in private companies in the state. The petition was filed by the President of Jharkhand Small Industries Association, Ajay Pacheriwala, challenging the 'Jharkhand State Employment of the Local Candidate in …

Karnataka halts jobs-for-locals Bill after uproar
5 months ago

Karnataka halts jobs-for-locals Bill after uproar

The Hindu  

As a draft Bill cleared by the Karnataka Cabinet mandating reservation for locals garnered adverse reactions from industry heads and trade bodies in the State, the government late on Wednesday announced that it had been “temporarily withheld” and a decision would be taken later after a review. Mr. Patil contended that the content in the draft Bill regarding providing reservations …

Explainer: A lowdown on Karnataka’s draft bill for local quota in govt jobs
5 months ago

Explainer: A lowdown on Karnataka’s draft bill for local quota in govt jobs

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka cabinet chaired by chief minster Siddaramaiah on Tuesday approved a draft bill to provide reservation in private sector jobs in the state, evoking a strong reaction from the industry leaders. A lowdown on the bill provisions and its possible implications: The Bengaluru technology industry worth $ 245 billion and having a workforce of 1.5 million can face adverse …

Karnataka Cabinet clears bill mandating reservation for locals in jobs
5 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka Cabinet clears bill mandating reservation for locals in jobs

The Hindu  

The Karnataka Cabinet has cleared a Bill mandating that industries, factories and other establishments appoint local candidates in 50% of management positions and 70% in non-management positions. The Karnataka State Employment of Local Candidates in the Industries, Factories and Other Establishments Bill, 2024, was cleared in the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on July 15. “If sufficient number …

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 …

Growing voices against proposed 70% quota in Jammu and Kashmir
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Growing voices against proposed 70% quota in Jammu and Kashmir

The Hindu  

There are growing voices against the Centre’s move to push reservation quota to 70% in Jammu and Kashmir, in the wake of recent announcements to have a separate 10% reservation for Paharis and other tribes and enhancement of OBCs quota to 8%. “The Jammu and Kashmir administration’s decision to increase ST reservation by 10% at the expense of open merit …

75% quota in private jobs: SC seeks Centre’s response on Haryana govt’s plea
10 months, 2 weeks ago

75% quota in private jobs: SC seeks Centre’s response on Haryana govt’s plea

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre seeking its response on a Haryana government plea against the Punjab and Haryana High Court order declaring a law providing 75 per cent reservation in private sector jobs to the residents of the state as “unconstitutional”. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Haryana government, submitted that the high …

Parochial law: The Hindu Editorial on the Haryana law guaranteeing 75% reservation to locals in private sector
1 year, 1 month ago

Parochial law: The Hindu Editorial on the Haryana law guaranteeing 75% reservation to locals in private sector

The Hindu  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has done the right thing by quashing the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020 that provides for 75% reservation to State domiciles in the private sector in jobs that provide a monthly salary of less than ₹30,000. The court said that by allotting 75% reservation for “locals”, the Act militates against the …

This job quota doesn’t work
1 year, 1 month ago

This job quota doesn’t work

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab and Haryana high court has done well to quash a Haryana law that reserved up to 75% of private jobs, paying up to ₹30,000 a month, for local residents. The Court rightly stated that “The concept of constitutional morality has been openly violated by introducing a secondary status to a set of citizens not belonging to the state …

High Court quashes Haryana govt's 75% quota for locals in private sector
1 year, 1 month ago

High Court quashes Haryana govt's 75% quota for locals in private sector

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday struck down a Haryana law that reserved 75% private sector jobs, paying up to ₹30,000 a month, for local candidates and found it unconstitutional, delivering a setback to the Manohar Lal Khattar government less than a year before assembly polls. Read here: Haryana govt's 75% quota for locals in private sector quashed …

High Court sets aside Haryana law guaranteeing 75% reservation to locals in private sector
1 year, 1 month ago

High Court sets aside Haryana law guaranteeing 75% reservation to locals in private sector

The Hindu  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday quashed the Haryana government’s law guaranteeing 75% reservation to locals in private sector jobs in Haryana. The court of Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia and Justice Harpreet Kaur Jeewan pronounced the order to quash the law – Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020 – while hearing multiple petitions against the implementation …

Haryana govt's 75% quota for locals in private sector quashed by HC
1 year, 1 month ago

Haryana govt's 75% quota for locals in private sector quashed by HC

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday quashed the Manohar Lal Khattar's government law providing 75% reservation in the private sector to state job seekers who have a domicile certificate. The law, Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020, provided 75% reservation to local youth in private sector jobs that offer a monthly salary of less than ₹30,000. …

Respond to plea against law for 30% job quota for Uttarakhand women: HC to govt
1 year, 2 months ago

Respond to plea against law for 30% job quota for Uttarakhand women: HC to govt

Hindustan Times  

Dehradun: The Uttarakhand high court on Wednesday told the state government to file its affidavit on a plea challenging the legislation that provides 30% reservation in state government jobs to women domiciled in the state. The Uttarakhand high court last year stayed a 2006 government order that introduced reservation for women domiciled in the state A bench of justices Manoj …

Jharkhand govt grants offer letters to over 11,000 youths at job fair
1 year, 3 months ago

Jharkhand govt grants offer letters to over 11,000 youths at job fair

India TV News  

The Jharkhand government on Monday distributed job offer letters to over 11,850 youths during employment fair at Hazaribag district in Jharkhand. The event was organised on the Vinoba Bhave University campus, where state Labour Minister Satyanand Bhokta, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Alamgir Alam and local MLAs distributed the offer letters to youths. The Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was also scheduled …

75% Jobs to Locals in Private and Government-Sponsored Industries in AP: CM Jagan
1 year, 5 months ago

75% Jobs to Locals in Private and Government-Sponsored Industries in AP: CM Jagan

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Y.S. The SIBP also approved the setting up of a hotel and resort at Annavaram in Visakhapatnam district by May Fair Hotels with an investment of ₹525 crore, providing direct and indirect employment to 750 persons. It would provide direct and indirect employment to 1,200 persons, besides benefiting 2,500 farmers. This would provide direct employment to 250 …

J’khand guv again returns bill to increase reservation
1 year, 8 months ago

J’khand guv again returns bill to increase reservation

Hindustan Times  

Jharkhand governor CP Radhakrishnan has returned the “Jharkhand reservation in vacancies of posts and services Act, 2022” that had sought to increase reservation in state government jobs, asking the Hemant Soren led state government to review the legislation, government officials said. A senior Raj Bhawan official said that the bill has been returned to the government based on legal opinion …

Jharkhand: State assembly passes bill raising reservations to 77% in jobs to SCs, STs and others
2 years, 1 month ago

Jharkhand: State assembly passes bill raising reservations to 77% in jobs to SCs, STs and others

India TV News  

Jharkhand reservation bill: In an unprecedented move, the Jharkhand assembly on Friday passed a bill to raise the total reservation offered to different categories to 77%. The Jharkhand Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services Act, 2001 was amended by the assembly during a special session, increasing the existing 60% reservation for STs, SCs, EBCs, OBCs, and Economically Weaker Sections …

Jharkhand govt raises reservations for SC, ST, others to 77 per cent
2 years, 3 months ago

Jharkhand govt raises reservations for SC, ST, others to 77 per cent

India TV News  

Highlights The state cabinet hiked the OBC reservation to 27 per cent from the present 14 per cent The decision was taken in the backdrop of several demands by tribals Last land survey conducted in 1932 be used as the basis for defining locals, tribals had demanded Jharkhand government on Wednesday gave its nod to a proposal for granting 77 …

Explained | Haryana’s private sector reservation law and the skepticism around it
2 years, 10 months ago

Explained | Haryana’s private sector reservation law and the skepticism around it

The Hindu  

The story so far: Setting aside an interim order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on February 3 staying the State law that reserves 75% of private sector jobs paying up to 30,000 a month for Haryana’s local residents, the Supreme Court said on February 17 that the High Court had not provided “sufficient reasons” for putting the …

SC sets aside Punjab & Haryana HC order on 75 pc quota in private sector jobs
2 years, 10 months ago

SC sets aside Punjab & Haryana HC order on 75 pc quota in private sector jobs

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court order granting an interim stay on a Haryana law providing 75 per cent quota in private sector jobs for residents of the state. A bench of justices L Nageswara Rao and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha also directed the Haryana government not to take coercive action against …

Haryana's 75% Quota for Locals in Pvt Jobs to Stay for Now as SC Sets Aside High Court Order
2 years, 10 months ago

Haryana's 75% Quota for Locals in Pvt Jobs to Stay for Now as SC Sets Aside High Court Order

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the Punjab & Haryana High Court’s order staying the Haryana government’s law on providing 75 per cent reservation in private sector jobs to local candidates. मैं सभी को विश्वास दिलाता हूँ कि यह कानून सभी के हित में है और इसपर राजनितिक मंशा से अड़ंगा नहीं लगाना चाहिए.— Dushyant Chautala February 17, 2022 …

Haryana's 75% job quota for locals to stay, Supreme Court stays aside Punjab & Haryana HC order
2 years, 10 months ago

Haryana's 75% job quota for locals to stay, Supreme Court stays aside Punjab & Haryana HC order

India TV News  

Highlights Supreme Court sets aside Punjab & Haryana HC order on quota in pvt sector jobs for Haryana residents SC bench also directed the Haryana government not to take coercive action against employers Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appeared for the Haryana government Haryana job reservation: The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court order staying …

SC set to hear Haryana\'s plea against quota law stay Feb 11
2 years, 10 months ago

SC set to hear Haryana\'s plea against quota law stay Feb 11

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will now hear on February 11 the Haryana government’s challenge to the Punjab and Haryana high court order staying the operation of the state law -- the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act 2020 -- providing for 75 per cent reservations for local candidates in private sector jobs. Gavai as the last item on …

Can A State Restrict Employment On The Basis Of Domicile?: Punjab & Haryana High Court To Examine
2 years, 10 months ago

Can A State Restrict Employment On The Basis Of Domicile?: Punjab & Haryana High Court To Examine

Live Law  

While putting an interim stay on the implementation of Haryana state's law providing for 75% reservation for state domicile in the private sector, the Punjab and Haryana High Court underscored that the core issue which is to be examined is - whether any State can restrict employment on the basis of domicile.The stay on the law came from the Bench …

75% Job Quota For Locals: Haryana Govt Moves SC After HC Stays Reservation For Locals In Private Jobs
2 years, 10 months ago

75% Job Quota For Locals: Haryana Govt Moves SC After HC Stays Reservation For Locals In Private Jobs

ABP News  

New Delhi: A day after the Punjab and Haryana High Court stayed the state law guaranteeing 75% reservation to locals in private sector jobs, the Haryana government has challenged the order in the Supreme Court. Earlier on Thursday, a bench of Justices Ajay Tewari and Pankaj Jain admitted the petitions challenging the Haryana government’s law for reservation in the private …

Haryana private sector law put on hold
2 years, 10 months ago

Haryana private sector law put on hold

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab & Haryana high court on Thursday put on hold the Haryana government’s law to reserve 75% private sector jobs, paying up to ₹30,000 a month, for local candidates in the state -- a decision that comes as a setback to the Manohar Lal Khattar government, and a relief to industry bodies that have opposed it. The Haryana law …

Haryana law for quota in private sector jobs put on hold
2 years, 10 months ago

Haryana law for quota in private sector jobs put on hold

Deccan Chronicle  

Chandigarh: In a relief for many private sector companies, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday granted an interim stay on a Haryana government law providing 75 per cent reservation in private sector jobs for residents of the state. Haryana’s Additional Advocate General Jagbir Singh Malik said the state will be filing a Special Leave Petition against the order …

Haryana law granting 75% job quota for locals in private sector jobs put on hold
2 years, 10 months ago

Haryana law granting 75% job quota for locals in private sector jobs put on hold

Firstpost  

The interim order has come as a relief for companies in the state which feel that the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020 would have a bearing on their future business operations and investment Chandigarh: In a relief for many private sector companies, the Punjab and Haryana High court on Thursday granted an interim stay on a Haryana …

Haryana's 75% Quota for Locals in Private Jobs Put on Hold by High Court in Win for India Inc
2 years, 10 months ago

Haryana's 75% Quota for Locals in Private Jobs Put on Hold by High Court in Win for India Inc

News 18  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday put on hold Haryana’s 75 per cent quota in private jobs for locals. Chautala had said the state government’s decision to provide 75 per cent jobs to local youth in private companies would greatly benefit the youth of the state. “We had promised that we would ensure 75 per cent employment opportunities …

High court stalls Haryana's 75% reservation for locals in private jobs
2 years, 10 months ago

High court stalls Haryana's 75% reservation for locals in private jobs

India Today  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered a stay on the implementation of domicile reservation in private jobs in Haryana. Earlier, the state government had ordered that 75 per cent of private jobs in the state be reserved for Haryana citizens. Earlier this month, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said the quota would open new avenues of employment …

High Court stays Haryana government's 75% reservation for locals in private jobs
2 years, 10 months ago

High Court stays Haryana government's 75% reservation for locals in private jobs

India TV News  

Highlights Providing reservation in private sector was one of the key poll promises made by Dushyant Chautala The High Court's interim stay has come as a relief for private companies in Haryana Firms felt that the law will have a bearing on their future operations & investments The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday put a hold on the …

Now, 75 per cent jobs in Haryana with max Rs 30K pay mandatory for locals
2 years, 11 months ago

Now, 75 per cent jobs in Haryana with max Rs 30K pay mandatory for locals

India Today  

As the law in Haryana, that provides 75 per cent reservation in private sector to job seekers from the state came into effect, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Sunday said it will open new avenues of employment for thousands of youth. The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020, applies to jobs offering a maximum gross monthly salary …

Localising the labour force through reservations
3 years, 1 month ago

Localising the labour force through reservations

The Hindu  

The story so far: On Saturday, the Haryana Government notified a law reserving 75% jobs for locals, which will come into effect from January 15, 2022. The Andhra Pradesh law, passed by the Assembly in July 2019, and notified promptly next month, reserved 75% of jobs for locals in industries and factories, including any joint venture and project taken up …

Jharkhand assembly clears Bill to reserve 75% of pvt sector jobs for locals
3 years, 3 months ago

Jharkhand assembly clears Bill to reserve 75% of pvt sector jobs for locals

Hindustan Times  

The Jharkhand Assembly Wednesday cleared the Jharkhand State Employment of Local Candidates in Private Sector Bill, 2021, which reserves 75 per cent of all existing jobs in the private sector with a monthly salary of up to ₹40,000 for locals. Once notified, the Act will make Jharkhand the third state in the country, after Andhra Pradesh and Haryana, to have …

Jharkhand Assembly Gives Nod to Bill for 75 Per Cent Quota in Private Sector Jobs for Locals
3 years, 3 months ago

Jharkhand Assembly Gives Nod to Bill for 75 Per Cent Quota in Private Sector Jobs for Locals

News 18  

The Jharkhand Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill that provides for 75 per cent reservation to locals in jobs with salaries up to Rs 40,000 a month in the private sector amid uproarious scenes. Once the Jharkhand State Employment of Local Candidates in Private Sector Bill, 2021, is enacted, Jharkhand will become the third state in the country after Andhra …

Jharkhand assembly clears 75% quota in private jobs for locals
3 years, 3 months ago

Jharkhand assembly clears 75% quota in private jobs for locals

Hindustan Times  

Ranchi: A select committee of the Jharkhand assembly has cleared with some changes a key piece of legislation that accords 75% reservation to locals in all existing jobs up to ₹40,000 per month in the private sector. Among the changes made in the original Bill include adding the words “private sector” in the amended bill, changing its name to “The …

Select Committee to review Bill reserving job in private sector for locals
3 years, 9 months ago

Select Committee to review Bill reserving job in private sector for locals

Hindustan Times  

The Jharkhand State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2021, which proposes to reserve 75% jobs in the private sector for locals, was on Tuesday sent to Select Committee of the Assembly for further review, as a number of legislators sought amendments to the proposal. HT Image The decision to send the Bill, which was introduced in the House by labour …

‘Jharkhand would recommend SC to remove 50% cap on reservation’: CM
3 years, 9 months ago

‘Jharkhand would recommend SC to remove 50% cap on reservation’: CM

Hindustan Times  

The Jharkhand government would recommend the Supreme Court that the state is a votary to remove the 50 per cent cap on the reservation for the ST, SCs and OBCs in government jobs, chief minister Hemant Soren said on Friday. Jharkhand is the second state after Rajasthan which would ask the Supreme Court to remove the 50 per cent cap …

Jharkhand govt clears 75% quota for locals in private sector industry
3 years, 9 months ago

Jharkhand govt clears 75% quota for locals in private sector industry

Hindustan Times  

The government of Jharkhand has approved an employment policy that requires 75 per cent of jobs in private sector industrial units to be reserved for locals, sources in the government said. Confirming the development, a minister who was part of the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Hemant Soren on Friday, said on condition of anonymity that the policy aims …

Haryana to reserve 75% jobs in private sector for locals
3 years, 9 months ago

Haryana to reserve 75% jobs in private sector for locals

Hindustan Times  

After sitting on it for close to four months, Haryana governor Satydeo Narain Arya on Tuesday gave assent to the bill providing 75% reservation in private sector to state job seekers who have a domicile certificate. The new law will provide quota to locals in private sector jobs that offer a salary of less than ₹ 50,000 a month, chief …

Haryana implements 75% reservation for locals in private jobs
3 years, 9 months ago

Haryana implements 75% reservation for locals in private jobs

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Four months after the state assembly passed a bill, the Haryana government Tuesday notified the act implementing 75% reservation for local people in private jobs with a monthly salary ceiling of Rs. “I am happy to share that after honourable governor’s approval, the 'Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020' is now effected in the entire state, …

Jharkhand to reserve 75% jobs in private sector for locals: CM Hemant Soren
3 years, 10 months ago

Jharkhand to reserve 75% jobs in private sector for locals: CM Hemant Soren

India TV News  

Announcing a host of welfare measures on the Republic Day, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday said that his government will soon formulate a new domicile policy and reserve 75 per jobs in the private sector for the people of the state. Unfurling the national flag and taking the salute of the parade at Dumka Police Lines, the chief …

Jharkhand to reserve 75% jobs in private sector for locals: CM Hemant Soren
3 years, 10 months ago

Jharkhand to reserve 75% jobs in private sector for locals: CM Hemant Soren

Live Mint  

Announcing a host of welfare measures on the Republic Day, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday said that his government will soon formulate a new domicile policy and reserve 75% jobs in the private sector for the people of the state. Unfurling the national flag and taking the salute of the parade at Dumka Police Lines, the chief minister …

Jharkhand Govt to Reserve 75% Jobs in Private Sector for Locals, Come up With New Domicile Policy
3 years, 10 months ago

Jharkhand Govt to Reserve 75% Jobs in Private Sector for Locals, Come up With New Domicile Policy

News 18  

Announcing a host of welfare measures on the Republic Day, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday said that his government will soon formulate a new domicile policy and reserve 75 per jobs in the private sector for the people of the state. Unfurling the national flag and taking the salute of the parade at Dumka Police Lines, the chief …

HT Explainer: Haryana’s private sector job quota law and its fate
4 years, 4 months ago

HT Explainer: Haryana’s private sector job quota law and its fate

Hindustan Times  

The emotive private sector job quota issue in Haryana has become the centerpiece of a debate after an ordinance approved by the BJP-JJP cabinet was reserved for the consideration of the President by the Haryana governor. Haryana governor Satyadeo Narain Arya has referred the state cabinet’s decision to grant reservation to locals in private sector jobs to the President. What’s …

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