Quota without data: The Hindu Editorial on reservation policies
3 years, 4 months ago

Quota without data: The Hindu Editorial on reservation policies

The Hindu  

An exclusive internal quota for a single caste group was always fraught with the danger of judicial invalidation. The court’s foremost reason is that the State Assembly lacked the legislative competence to enact the law in February 2021, at a time when the Constitution 102nd Amendment, conferring exclusive power to identify backward classes on the President, was in force. The Bench of Justices M. Duraiswamy and K. Murali Shankar, also ruled that identifying one caste as a separate group for creating an exclusive quota, without any quantifiable data on its backwardness relative to others, amounted to giving reservation solely on the basis of caste and, therefore, impermissible under the Constitution. The court also rejected the comparison with the sub-quotas enjoyed without hindrance by Backward Class Muslims and Arundhatiyars, a Scheduled Caste, noting that these two measures were backed by Census data and valid recommendations. What may cause some concern is that the court has said changes in the existing 69% quota classification cannot be made without amending the State’s 1994 reservation protection law, which received the President’s assent and was also included in the Ninth Schedule to put it beyond judicial review.

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PMK hopes to rally ‘every community’ with demand for caste-census
1 month ago

PMK hopes to rally ‘every community’ with demand for caste-census

The Hindu  

Pattali Makkal Katchi’s Samaya Samudhaya Nallinakka Maanadu’, held in Kumbakonam on Sunday, marks a shift from the party’s earlier controversial approach of mobilising the Vanniyar community invoking caste-pride and alienating other communities, and instead using a ‘caste census’ as a rallying point to garner support from every community, including the Scheduled Castes. This shift in strategy could be explained due …

‘Don’t pay heed to propaganda on reservation’ says Congress leaders
3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Don’t pay heed to propaganda on reservation’ says Congress leaders

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Congress leaders hailing from the SC Left grouping here on Friday advised members of their community not to pay attention to the alleged propaganda of a section of community leaders that the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah government would not implement the classification of SC quota, since it lacked empirical data. They said the government will implement the internal quota soon …

Internal quota: Justice Nagamohan Das panel told to use 2011 census
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Internal quota: Justice Nagamohan Das panel told to use 2011 census

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The Justice Nagamohan Das Committee, constituted to review the implementation of internal reservation for Scheduled Castes, has been told to consider the 2011 population census data and review internal reservation scientifically and reasonably. The Terms of Reference were issued on Tuesday, stressing on collecting empirical data on the representation of the inter-se backwardness community among the SCs in government …

Data on Central government job quotas missing from DoPT’s latest annual report
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Data on Central government job quotas missing from DoPT’s latest annual report

The Hindu  

The Union government’s Department of Personnel and Training has removed data on reservations in Central government jobs and positions from its latest Annual Report released last month. A table — which contains details about all Central government positions across Ministries and Departments, and the number of Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and Other Backward Classes employees across Groups A, B, C, …

Karnataka Internal Reservation Policy for Scheduled Castes: Implementation Challenges and Political Impact
4 months ago

Karnataka Internal Reservation Policy for Scheduled Castes: Implementation Challenges and Political Impact

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 25, 2024 19:35 IST - 8 MINS READ In a decision that is bound to have far-reaching social implications in Karnataka, the State Cabinet, in late October, approved implementation of internal reservation within the Scheduled Caste quota in the State, which currently stands at 17 per cent. Any decision to implement internal reservation in Karnataka, especially in …

Quotas in quota | Panacea or pandora's box?
7 months, 1 week 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
7 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Reservation redistribution
7 months, 4 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 …

Any threat to 69% reservation will lead to dismissal of DMK govt., says Anbumani
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Any threat to 69% reservation will lead to dismissal of DMK govt., says Anbumani

The Hindu  

PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Thursday said that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin had no right to talk about social justice, and any threat to the 69% reservation in the State would result in the dismissal of the DMK government. According to him, the DMK had always claimed to champion welfare schemes that ensured social justice, but in reality, it had …

Bihar moves top court against HC quota hike order
8 months, 4 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 …

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

Quota: PMK slams TN government, minister bats for caste census
9 months ago

Quota: PMK slams TN government, minister bats for caste census

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: PMK president Dr Anbumani Ramadoss criticised the state government and Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday for their refusal to initiate a caste survey in Tamil Nadu, which he said was essential to ensure 10.5% separate reservation for the Vanniyar community. SC observed quota offered sans pertinent data: Minister Responding to PMK’s allegations, Tamil Nadu Minister for Law S …

States should be able to decide the quantum of reservation: MK Stalin
1 year, 6 months ago

States should be able to decide the quantum of reservation: MK Stalin

India Today  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has opposed limiting reservations to 50 per cent in employment and education and demanded that respective states be allowed to decide on the quantum of quota. Tamil Nadu, for instance, had a maximum of 69 per cent reservation and it should not be capped at 50 per cent, the Chief Minister said on Tuesday …

AIADMK stages protest demanding 7.5% quota for government school students during medical admission in Puducherry
1 year, 8 months ago

AIADMK stages protest demanding 7.5% quota for government school students during medical admission in Puducherry

The Hindu  

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Tuesday, July 18 staged a demonstration near the Assembly in Puducherry demanding implementation of 7.5% reservation for government school students in medical colleges in the Union Territory. Addressing party workers, AIADMK Puducherry unit secretary A. Anbalagan said the party had been demanding implementation of the reservation policy in the U.T. on the …

Tamil Nadu panel has sought six months to submit report on Vanniyar quota: CM Stalin
1 year, 11 months ago

Tamil Nadu panel has sought six months to submit report on Vanniyar quota: CM Stalin

Hindustan Times  

The state’s backward classes commission has sought six months to submit a report regarding the contentious 10.5% reservation for the Vanniyar community within the quota for most backward classes, Chief minister M K Stalin said on Thursday in the assembly. Tamil Nadu’s backward classes commission has sought six months to submit a report regarding 10.5% reservation for Vanniyar community, Chief …

Commission working on 10.5% quota for Vanniyars need 6 more months: CM Stalin
1 year, 11 months ago

Commission working on 10.5% quota for Vanniyars need 6 more months: CM Stalin

Hindustan Times  

Tamil Nadu’s backward classes commission has sought six extra months’ time to submit a report regarding the 10.5% internal reservation for the Vanniyar community, chief minister MK Stalin said on Thursday in the state assembly. PMK’s founder S Ramadoss in a statement demanded that the chief minister enact a new legislation of providing a 10.5% reservation for Vanniyars by May …

Unscientific, Says Moily on BJP's Move to Increase Lingayat-Vokkaliga Quota; Clears Air on Tipu Sultan
1 year, 11 months ago

Unscientific, Says Moily on BJP's Move to Increase Lingayat-Vokkaliga Quota; Clears Air on Tipu Sultan

News 18  

The Congress in Karnataka seems to have got a head start in this election with successful campaigns against the BJP like PayCM and 40 per cent commission having made an impact. If the Grand Old Party strategises the elections well and does not get ‘overconfident’, it can come back to power with a full mandate, believes senior Congress leader and …

Upholding EWS quota may seal the fate of the challenge to Tamil Nadu quota law without a hearing: Justice Bhat’s note of caution
2 years, 4 months ago

Upholding EWS quota may seal the fate of the challenge to Tamil Nadu quota law without a hearing: Justice Bhat’s note of caution

The Hindu  

Justice S. Ravindra Bhat, who authored the minority view on the Constitution Bench, said upholding the Economically Weaker Section quota will run the danger of “sealing the fate” of a pending challenge to the 69% reservation in Tamil Nadu without the benefit of a hearing. Lalit said the creation of 10% EWS reservation over and above 50% existing quota has …

Vanniyar quota case: State is front runner in social justice, TN govt tells SC
3 years, 1 month ago

Vanniyar quota case: State is front runner in social justice, TN govt tells SC

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday defended the Vanniyar quota law in the Supreme Court, saying the State is the front runner in social justice. The State has challenged a Madras High Court decision to quash a State law that granted internal reservation at 10.5% to Vanniyakula Kshatriya and 7% and 2.5% to other communities within Most Backward Classes. 1983 …

Vanniyar Internal Quota Based On Data That 20% MBC Reservation Hasn't Benefited Them : TN Govt Tells Supreme Court
3 years, 1 month ago

Vanniyar Internal Quota Based On Data That 20% MBC Reservation Hasn't Benefited Them : TN Govt Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court continued hearing submissions in the challenge to the Madras High Court order quashing Tamil Nadu law that provided internal reservation in education and jobs for the Vanniyar community. The identification could have been done only by the procedure in Article 342A and no other…" National Commission for Backward Classes ought to be consulted The 102nd …

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Challenge Against Madras HC Judgment Quashing 10.5% Vanniyar Reservation; Bars Further Appointments Or Admissions Under Quota
3 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Challenge Against Madras HC Judgment Quashing 10.5% Vanniyar Reservation; Bars Further Appointments Or Admissions Under Quota

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a batch of special leave petitions filed against the Madras High Court's judgment which quashed the Tamil Nadu law providing internal reservation of 10.5 % to the Vanniyar Community and the 20% reservation to Most Backward Classes within the category of OBCs. In its judgment delivered on November 4, 2021, a division …

Explained | Why did the Madras High Court invalidate separate quota for Vanniyar community?
3 years, 4 months ago

Explained | Why did the Madras High Court invalidate separate quota for Vanniyar community?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On November 1, the Madras High Court declared unconstitutional a Tamil Nadu government law, enacted in February 2021 when the AIADMK was in power, that reserved 10.5% of jobs in public services and seats in educational institutions for the Vanniyars, a most backward community. In 2012, the then chairman of the State Backward Class Commission recommended …

'Reservation Based On Caste Alone': Madras High Court Quashes 10.5% Internal Reservation To Vanniyar Community Under Most Backward Class Category
3 years, 4 months ago

'Reservation Based On Caste Alone': Madras High Court Quashes 10.5% Internal Reservation To Vanniyar Community Under Most Backward Class Category

Live Law  

The Madras High Court quashed the Tamil Nadu law providing internal reservation of 10.5 % to the Vanniyar Community under the category Most Backward Classes.The court observed that Tamil Nadu Special Reservation of seats in educational Institutions including Private Educational Institutions and appointments or posts in the services under the State within the Reservation for the Most. The Madras High …

Madras High Court quashes 10.5 per cent Vanniyar quota
3 years, 4 months ago

Madras High Court quashes 10.5 per cent Vanniyar quota

Deccan Chronicle  

Madurai: The Madras High Court on Monday quashed the 10.5 per cent reservation provided to Vanniyars, a Most Backward Community in Tamil Nadu, in government jobs and admission to educational institutions, saying it was unconstitutional. The Tamil Nadu Assembly had in February passed the then ruling AIADMK-piloted bill providing internal reservation of 10.5 per cent for Vanniyars, with the incumbent …

Madras HC declares Vanniyar reservation law unconstitutional
3 years, 4 months ago

Madras HC declares Vanniyar reservation law unconstitutional

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Monday declared as unconstitutional a law passed by the Tamil Nadu legislature providing 10.5% internal reservation to Vanniakula Kshatriya community within the 20% earmarked for Most Backward Classes in education and public employment. In a counter affidavit filed before the Madras High Court in response to a huge batch of cases that had challenged the …

A low-down on the 10.5% quota for Vanniyars
3 years, 8 months ago

A low-down on the 10.5% quota for Vanniyars

The Hindu  

The DMK government, on July 26, issued an order enabling 10.5% special reservation for Vanniakula Kshatriyas in employment, within the overall quota of 20% for Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities. The revised quota scheme is a sequel to the previous AIADMK regime framing the Special Reservation Act for Vanniyars, which came into effect on February 26, the day on …

Exclusive reservation for Vanniyar Community in Tamil Nadu: Playing with fire
4 years ago

Exclusive reservation for Vanniyar Community in Tamil Nadu: Playing with fire

The Hindu  

Rarely has a government passed an important Bill that has serious socio-political implications in such a hurry as the Tamil Nadu government did recently in the case of giving the Vanniyar community, a powerful caste group in Tamil Nadu, 10.5 per cent internal reservation within the 20 per cent reservation already in place for Most Backward Classes in education and …

Supreme Court defers hearing of challenge to T.N.’s 69% quota
4 years ago

Supreme Court defers hearing of challenge to T.N.’s 69% quota

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred hearing a challenge to the Tamil Nadu reservation law, which allows 69% quota in State government jobs and educational institutions. ‘Quantifiable data’ Mr. Rohatgi and senior advocate Shekhar Naphade, along with advocate Yogesh Kanna, for Tamil Nadu, said the increase in reservation percentage in the State was based on “quantifiable data”. Both Mr. Rohatgi …

Bill to provide 10.5% special quota to Vanniyars passed in Assembly
4 years, 1 month ago

Bill to provide 10.5% special quota to Vanniyars passed in Assembly

The Hindu  

Barely half-an-hour before the model code of conduct kicked in for the 2021 Assembly election on Friday, the AIADMK government pushed through legislation to temporarily provide for 10.5% special reservation for the Vanniakula Kshatriyas within the quota for the Most Backward Classes. The Most Backward Class of the Vanniakula Kshatriyas will get 10.5%, the Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities …

Castes count: The Hindu Editorial on Tamil Nadu's caste-wise survey
4 years, 3 months ago

Castes count: The Hindu Editorial on Tamil Nadu's caste-wise survey

The Hindu  

The idea of a caste census is back in the realm of public debate, following the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to establish a commission to collect caste-wise data. The move may have been born out of political expediency, in response to the restive pre-election agitation organised by the Pattali Makkal Katchi demanding 20% exclusive reservation in education and government jobs …

NEET quota bill: DMK chief Stalin writes to TN Governor, says will join hands with AIADMK to protest
4 years, 5 months ago

NEET quota bill: DMK chief Stalin writes to TN Governor, says will join hands with AIADMK to protest

Live Mint  

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam President M.K. Stalin on Wednesday wrote to Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, urging him to give his assent to the Bill providing reservation for government school students in medical college admissions. Taking to Twitter, Stalin wrote in Tamil, “I have written a letter to governor urging him to give his assent to the bill that enables students …

Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on fresh plea against 10 percent quota to general category poor
6 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on fresh plea against 10 percent quota to general category poor

Firstpost  

The apex court, which had earlier issued a notice to the Centre on similar petitions, Friday ordered tagging of the fresh plea of Tehseen Poonawalla with pending ones. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre on a fresh plea challenging its decision to grant 10 percent reservation in jobs and admissions to general category …

Why are parties in Tamil Nadu against 10% quota?
6 years, 1 month ago

Why are parties in Tamil Nadu against 10% quota?

The Hindu  

What is their stand? The 103rd Constitution Amendment, through which the Centre has introduced a 10% quota for the economically weaker sections among communities that do not enjoy any other form of reservation, has drawn near universal opposition from almost all major parties in Tamil Nadu. Many in Tamil Nadu believe economic disadvantage among sections of the advanced castes can …

10% quota law: Supreme Court issues notice to Centre after hearing PIL; gives it four weeks to respond
6 years, 2 months ago

10% quota law: Supreme Court issues notice to Centre after hearing PIL; gives it four weeks to respond

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Central government after hearing a PIL challenging the recent law enacted to provide 10% quota in government jobs and higher education to economically weaker sections of the general category. The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Central government after hearing a public interest litigation challenging the recent law enacted …

Madras HC issues notice to Centre against 10% economic reservation
6 years, 2 months ago

Madras HC issues notice to Centre against 10% economic reservation

Live Mint  

A division bench of the Madras high court on Monday issued notice to the Union government and sought its reply while hearing a petition moved by the opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, challenging the 10% economic reservation. On Friday, the DMK’s Rajya Sabha member RS Bharathi had challenged the new 103rd Constitution Amendment Act providing for quota up to 10% for …

10 per cent quota for economically weaker Upper castes: Things you should know about the Bill
6 years, 2 months ago

10 per cent quota for economically weaker Upper castes: Things you should know about the Bill

India TV News  

10 per cent quota for economically weaker Upper castes: Things you should know about the Bill The bill, which the government said was "historic" and in the country's interest, was tabled on Wednesday in Rajya Sabha where proceedings had already been extended by a day. Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a constitutional amendment bill to provide 10 per cent reservation …

Modi govt's decision on 'economically backward' quota unlikely to withstand judicial scrutiny, may also be politically counterproductive
6 years, 2 months ago

Modi govt's decision on 'economically backward' quota unlikely to withstand judicial scrutiny, may also be politically counterproductive

Firstpost  

The timing of the Narendra Modi government’s announcement of the proposed quota formula is certainly a matter of suspicion. The Centre’s decision to introduce ten percent reservation for economically backward sections of society is fraught with several implementation challenges, which may lead to its misuse and abuse. Moreover, the overall quota would go beyond the constitutionally laid limit of fifty …

DMK opposes 10% quota for upper caste poor, Stalin says decision unconstitutional
6 years, 2 months ago

DMK opposes 10% quota for upper caste poor, Stalin says decision unconstitutional

India Today  

Registering a strong opposition to the central government's move to introduce 10 per cent quota for the economically weaker section, the DMK on Tuesday urged the Tamil Nadu government to adopt a resolution against the Centre on the matter in the state assembly. Stalin further recalled the efforts of his father, late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi who played a vital …

10% quota Bill may fail legal test
6 years, 2 months ago

10% quota Bill may fail legal test

The Hindu  

A proposed law, which got Cabinet approval on Monday, to provide 10% reservation for upper castes exclusively with reference to their economic backwardness may run into rough weather if challenged in the Supreme Court. A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in the Indira Sawhney case of 1992 specifically answered the question “whether backward classes can be identified only …

Govt seeking legal opinion on quota for Muslims: Devendra Fadnavis
10 years ago

Govt seeking legal opinion on quota for Muslims: Devendra Fadnavis

Live Mint  

Mumbai: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday accused the opposition of indulging in vote bank politics over the Muslim reservation issue, and said that the government is taking legal opinion on whether to promulgate an ordinance for quota to the minority community. NextMAds Stating that the government was in the process of seeking legal opinion on the issue, he …

SC To Examine 10 PC Quota For Poor Among Forward Caste
13 years, 7 months ago

SC To Examine 10 PC Quota For Poor Among Forward Caste

India TV News  

New Delhi, Aug 12: Kerala government's decision to extend 10 per cent reservation for economically backward class students of the forward community has come under the scanner of the Supreme Court which today agreed to examine the issue. The Kerala High Court had earlier dismissed the petition filed by the Kerala Muslim Jamaath Council, Christian Service Society and another organisation …

SC: Govt Can't Tinker With Quota Rules For IAS/IPS
13 years, 8 months ago

SC: Govt Can't Tinker With Quota Rules For IAS/IPS

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jul 20: Reservation rules for general and reserved candidates in All India Services like IAS and IPS cadre cannot be altered by the Government as it would violate the Constitution, the Supreme Court has ruled. A bench of justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik in their ruling said that the roster system for general, SC, ST …

“Quota for Vanniyars can be decided only after caste census”
14 years, 8 months ago

“Quota for Vanniyars can be decided only after caste census”

The Hindu  

Only after carrying out a caste-based census and ascertaining the quantum of reservation for the State will it be legally proper to resolve the issue of separate reservation, Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M. Karunanidhi said on Thursday. Responding to Pattali Makkal Katchi founder S. Ramadoss' demand for a separate quota for the Vanniyars, the Chief Minister said …

Court allows Tamil Nadu quota law for another year
14 years, 8 months ago

Court allows Tamil Nadu quota law for another year

The Hindu  

In a big relief to the Tamil Nadu government, the Supreme Court on Tuesday granted protection for the continuance, for one more year, of the law that provides the Backward Classes, the Most Backward Classes and the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes 69 per cent reservation in jobs and education. If the Commission wanted to exceed the 50 per cent ceiling while …

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