Reservation or No Reservation
4 years, 8 months ago

Reservation or No Reservation

Live Law  

Caste system, where or how did it start and how does it end? Through all these assertions I want to bring your focus on the most debated issues, i.e., If the Reservation policy initially introduced for 10 years should be abolished, since it has done enough upliftment and, If the Present reservation policy, being the only affirmative action of the state for historically deprived communities, is enough for the upliftment? We know when reservation policy was introduced, it was mandated only for 10-year period the main idea was to give an opportunity to reserved section for having representation in the state's administration which will lead to upliftment of socio-economic status an ultimately resulting into a structure of society that will be non-discriminatory. Even the famously alleged institutional murder case of Rohit Vemula, Payal Tadvi and recent AIIMS doctor's suicide attempt case pointing out at caste discrimination, clearly show the true picture of present societal structure. Through reservation policy, the reserved has availed jobs but the social stigma or the traditional authority of caste discrimination still remains dominant within our unequal social structure.

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Economic Reservation In India: Sub Classification Of SC ST
7 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 …

Reservation as a political imperative
4 years, 7 months ago

Reservation as a political imperative

The Hindu  

Litigation and discussions about reservation policies are recurrent in Indian political discourse. Back in the 1970s, the Supreme Court in N.M. Thomas ruled that Article 16, which allows the state to provide for reservation, is not an exception to equality but rather a facet of Article 16. In N.M. Thomas, the Court held that some caste classifications, like those inherent …

Reservations are psychological crutches for Scheduled Castes, have only perpetuated caste system instead of destroying it
4 years, 8 months ago

Reservations are psychological crutches for Scheduled Castes, have only perpetuated caste system instead of destroying it

Firstpost  

Scheduled Castes must realise that they cannot succeed in their struggle for social amelioration if they are isolated, writes former justice Markandey Katju. Coming now to Scheduled Caste reservation, it is true that Scheduled Castes are looked down upon by many upper caste people and discriminated against, yet I am against any reservations for them for admissions in educational institutions …

Determining backwardness
10 years ago

Determining backwardness

The Hindu  

Sometimes political mobilisation and not socio-educational backwardness decides the distribution of the benefits of reservation for specific communities in education and jobs. While striking down the inclusion of Jats in the Central list of Other Backward Classes, the Supreme Court voiced its opposition to the State’s tendency to go by the “perception of the self-proclaimed socially backward class” in deciding …

Those appointed in government service through physically handicapped quota would also be entitled to reservation while getting promoted: SC
10 years, 1 month ago

Those appointed in government service through physically handicapped quota would also be entitled to reservation while getting promoted: SC

Live Law  

Refusing to accept the Government’s stand, a Supreme Court Bench comprising of Chief Justice H.L. Sikri has ruled that the Government cannot deny quota in promotion to the people who were initially appointed to a post under the reservation policy for the physically handicapped.The Court was hearing the Government’s plea against a decision of the Bombay High Court. Sikri has …

Reservation & beyond
12 years, 6 months ago

Reservation & beyond

The Hindu  

Let us for a moment forget the debate on reservation in the matter of promotions for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and look at the policy as a whole. We have a situation in which even those caste groups which are economically and socially well off enjoy the benefits of reservation. Avinash Ganga, Hyderabad Have you ever heard …

Why quotas for promotions are a bad, bad idea
12 years, 7 months ago

Why quotas for promotions are a bad, bad idea

Firstpost  

Sixty years after promising job reservations, we are extending this bad idea even further - to job promotions. This is why barring the Samajwadi Party – which is gung-ho about reservations in general – no one was willing to oppose caste-based promotions when the PM called an all-party meeting to discuss the issue. A third argument is to say, “see, …

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