Disregard comments of the SC judges about creamy layer, Thirumavalavan tells Centre
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Disregard comments of the SC judges about creamy layer, Thirumavalavan tells Centre

The Hindu  

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi founder and Chidambaram MP Thol. Thirumavalavan on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court’s judgment that State government has the authority to provide internal reservations within the Scheduled Caste quota, which has validated the law to provide internal reservations for Arundhathiyar community. “The Supreme Court justices also stated that appropriate evidence must be provided for granting internal reservations, which we welcome. Reservations for the SC community have not been fully implemented by both State and Union governments in any sector,” he said, adding, “Thousands of positions that should have been filled by SC candidates have long remained vacant and were instead filled by others, deceptively by the governments.” Mr. Thirumavalavan said there were hundreds of thousands of unfilled backlog vacancies as a result and introducing the creamy layer concept to exclude eligible candidates for reservation was not fair when reservations themselves were not completely implemented. Therefore, they should not be considered part of the judgment and should be disregarded,” he said, adding: “Some State governments may use this ruling, which grants the authority to provide internal reservations, for political gain against the unity of the Scheduled Caste community.

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

Internal quota: Justice Nagamohan Das panel told to use 2011 census
2 weeks, 5 days 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 …

Supreme Court rules conversions for reservations are constitutional fraud
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Supreme Court rules conversions for reservations are constitutional fraud

Op India  

On 26th November, the Supreme Court of India delivered a landmark judgment ruling that converting to a religion solely to claim reservation benefits without genuine belief in the adopted faith constitutes “fraud on the Constitution.” The apex court dismissed an appeal filed by C Selvarani, who was denied a Scheduled Caste certificate after she claimed to have reverted to Hinduism …

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

Dalit leaders divided over VCK move to file review plea against order allowing States to sub-categorise Scheduled Caste communities
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Dalit leaders divided over VCK move to file review plea against order allowing States to sub-categorise Scheduled Caste communities

The Hindu  

The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi’s decision to file a review petition in the Supreme Court against the recent order empowering States to sub-categorise Scheduled Caste communities, after welcoming the judgement initially, to provide reservations has again turned the focus on the impact it could have on forging a potent political formation of the SC communities in Tamil Nadu. said while the …

Thol. Thirumavalavan MP Files Review Petition Against Supreme Court's Judgment Allowing Sub-Classification Of Scheduled Castes
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Thol. Thirumavalavan MP Files Review Petition Against Supreme Court's Judgment Allowing Sub-Classification Of Scheduled Castes

Live Law  

Today, Thol Thirumavalavan, 2nd-time Member of Parliament and President of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi-the largest Dalit Party in Tamil Nadu has filed a review petition against the sub-classification judgment of the Supreme Court. A seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court held that sub-classification of Scheduled Castes is permissible to grant separate quotas for more backwards within the Scheduled Castes category. 182 …

Sub-Classification Of Scheduled Castes For Reservation, Creamy Layer Debate – Comment On State Of Punjab V. Davinder Singh (7 Judge-Bench Judgment)
4 months, 1 week ago

Sub-Classification Of Scheduled Castes For Reservation, Creamy Layer Debate – Comment On State Of Punjab V. Davinder Singh (7 Judge-Bench Judgment)

Live Law  

A seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court on 1 August 2024 decided the issue of constitutionality of sub-classification within the Scheduled Castes for the purpose of reservation in public employment. Justice Gavai further added that the criteria for the identification of creamy layer in Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes may be different from the other backward castes. The reference to …

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 …

BJP SC Morcha hails Supreme Court judgement, calls it BJP’s victory
4 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP SC Morcha hails Supreme Court judgement, calls it BJP’s victory

The Hindu  

The BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha State Vice-President Ambaraya Ashtagi has hailed the Supreme Court judgment permitting sub-classification of Scheduled Castes reservations and claimed that it was a victory for the previous BJP government. Addressing a press conference in Kalaburagi on Friday, Mr. Ashtagi said that the landmark judgement allows sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes to grant separate quotas for more backward …

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 …

Supreme Court judgment backs validity of Tamil Nadu’s Arunthathiyar quota law
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court judgment backs validity of Tamil Nadu’s Arunthathiyar quota law

The Hindu  

A majority judgment of the Supreme Court on Thursday has backed the constitutional validity of a Tamil Nadu law that offered preferential treatment among the Scheduled Castes to socially and educationally backward Arunthathiyars. The Tamil Nadu State Legislature had enacted the Tamil Nadu Arunthathiyars Reservation Act, 2009, to provide the Arunthathiyars reservation in appointments or posts in State services on …

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 …

‘SC order endorses DMK’s social justice model’
4 months, 3 weeks ago

‘SC order endorses DMK’s social justice model’

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Chief Minister MK Stalin and leaders of various political parties on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict that upheld the power of the states to sub-classify the Scheduled Castes to grant separate quotas for more disadvantaged sections within the SC categories. He recalled that former chief minister M Karunanidhi had brought in the 3% internal reservation for the Arunthathiyar …

Siddaramaiah calls apex court ruling on internal quota for SC/ST ‘historic’
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Siddaramaiah calls apex court ruling on internal quota for SC/ST ‘historic’

The Hindu  

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday called the Supreme Court’s ruling on internal reservation for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as “historic” and said that a major obstacle in the implementation of internal reservation had been removed following the verdict. Taking to social media platform X, the Chief Minister said, “The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the authority of …

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 …

Any threat to 69% reservation will lead to dismissal of DMK govt., says Anbumani
5 months, 2 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
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 …

PMK urges T.N. government to conduct caste census to protect 69% reservations in view of upcoming case in SC
5 months, 3 weeks ago

PMK urges T.N. government to conduct caste census to protect 69% reservations in view of upcoming case in SC

The Hindu  

PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Tuesday, July 1, 2024, urged the Tamil Nadu government to conduct a caste census to protect the 69% reservations in Tamil Nadu in the case pending against this in the Supreme Court, as it is expected to be taken up when court proceedings resume after summer break, on July 8. Kapadia, the Supreme Court stated …

VHR Asks BJP to Lift 50% Quota Cap
5 months, 3 weeks ago

VHR Asks BJP to Lift 50% Quota Cap

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Senior TPCC leader V. Hanumantha Rao on Monday called on the NDA-led BJP government at the Centre to pass a bill in Parliament that would allow reservations to exceed the current 50 percent cap. Hanumantha Rao highlighted that the Congress wants all state laws regarding reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes to be included in …

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 …

CM Siddaramaiah asks Central govt to amend Constitution for internal reservation for SCs
11 months ago

CM Siddaramaiah asks Central govt to amend Constitution for internal reservation for SCs

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday termed the high-level committee to review internal reservation for Scheduled Castes as a ploy to mislead the Dalit community. "The Central Government has formed a high-level committee under the chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary to review the internal reservation for Scheduled Castes," Siddaramaiah said in a statement and alleged that this seemed to be …

Matter Of Legislative Policy: Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking To De-Recognize Certain Communities As Scheduled Tribes
1 year ago

Matter Of Legislative Policy: Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking To De-Recognize Certain Communities As Scheduled Tribes

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation seeking to quash the enlistment of certain communities as Scheduled Tribes in the Constitution Order Act, 1991 & the Constitution Order Act, 2020. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Krishna S Dixit dismissed the petition filed by Dr Ambedkar Scheduled Castes Federation Karnataka, through its …

'Can state insist on seat-sharing in unaided minority instis': HC judge seeks full bench hearing
1 year ago

'Can state insist on seat-sharing in unaided minority instis': HC judge seeks full bench hearing

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: A single judge of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has sought a Full Bench hearing to decide whether the state government has the power to insist on a fixed quota of seat-sharing between the management and the state in unaided minority educational institutions offering professional courses. Justice N Anand Venkatesh observed that the government order passed …

VCK leader Thirumavalavan demands caste survey in T.N.
1 year, 2 months ago

VCK leader Thirumavalavan demands caste survey in T.N.

The Hindu  

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi founder Thol. Thirumavalavan, on Tuesday, claimed that the results of Bihar’s socio-economic caste survey reveal that the upper castes, who account for 15.5% of total population, “enjoy 50% reservations,” while 63% of the backward classes are confined to within 30% reservations. He demanded that the Union government enact a law to grant powers to State governments to …

Cabinet okays internal quota for SCs; to be sent to Centre
1 year, 8 months ago

Cabinet okays internal quota for SCs; to be sent to Centre

The Hindu  

The ruling BJP government in Karnataka on Friday decided to provide internal reservation among 101 Scheduled Castes, in a move that comes just ahead of the Assembly elections. The internal reservation recommendations would be sent to the Centre for its implementation, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai told presspersons after the Cabinet meeting on Friday. The Cabinet sub-committee headed by Law Minister …

BJP woos Karnataka’s powerful castes with reservation sop ahead of Assembly election
1 year, 10 months ago

BJP woos Karnataka’s powerful castes with reservation sop ahead of Assembly election

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 18, 2023 18:13 IST With an eye on the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election slated to take place in April or May this year, the ruling BJP government is planning to woo the two most powerful and dominant castes of the State, the Lingayats and the Vokkaligas, by hiking the reservation provided to the two communities. In the …

SC/ST Quota Hike: Process for Inclusion into 9th Schedule Has Begun, Says K'taka CM
1 year, 10 months ago

SC/ST Quota Hike: Process for Inclusion into 9th Schedule Has Begun, Says K'taka CM

News 18  

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said the sole aim of his government is to render justice to the SC/ST communities, and the process of including the quota hike decision in the ninth schedule of the Constitution has started. The Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Bill, 2022, increased reservation for SCs from 15 to 17 per cent and for …

SC Reservation For Converted Dalits : Supreme Court Asks Centre To Explain Its Stand Within 3 Weeks
2 years, 3 months ago

SC Reservation For Converted Dalits : Supreme Court Asks Centre To Explain Its Stand Within 3 Weeks

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, asked Centre to provide its current stand on the issue of extending the benefit of reservation available to the Scheduled Caste community to Dalits who have converted to other faiths. A 2007 report submitted by National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities, under the chairpersonship of retired CJI Ranganath Misra had found merit for granting …

Reservation in public employment
2 years, 6 months ago

Reservation in public employment

The Hindu  

The jurisprudence of reservation relies on the symbiotic coexistence of constitutionally guaranteed equality of opportunity in public employment under Article 16 of the Constitution of India and classifications thereunder various clauses of the same article, especially Article 16 and Article 16, which are in the nature of facilitating provisions, vesting a discretion on the government to consider providing reservations for …

'Population Percentage Can't Be Sole Basis For Internal Reservation' : Detailed Analysis Of Supreme Court Judgment In Vanniyar Quota Case
2 years, 8 months ago

'Population Percentage Can't Be Sole Basis For Internal Reservation' : Detailed Analysis Of Supreme Court Judgment In Vanniyar Quota Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, held that the Tamil Nadu Act which provides internal reservation of 10.5% to the Vanniyar community for appointment in government jobs and admission in educational institutions, is violative of Articles 14, 15 and 16, as there is no substantial basis for differentiating the Vanniyar community from the other MBCs and DNCs. Legislative competence of the …

SC strikes down 10.5 pc reservation for Vanniyars in Tamil Nadu
2 years, 8 months ago

SC strikes down 10.5 pc reservation for Vanniyars in Tamil Nadu

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the 10.5 per cent reservation provided to Vanniyars, a Most Backward Community in Tamil Nadu, in government jobs and admission to educational institutions. A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai upheld the Madras High Court order which had quashed the reservation. The Tamil Nadu Assembly had in …

SC does not refer Vanniyar quota to larger Bench, goes ahead to hear case on merits
2 years, 10 months ago

SC does not refer Vanniyar quota to larger Bench, goes ahead to hear case on merits

The Hindu  

A two-judge Bench of the Supreme Court led by Justice L. Nageswara Rao on Wednesday decided not to refer to a larger Bench a slew of petitions, including multiple ones by Tamil Nadu, regarding the validity of a State law granting reservation to Vanniyars, a most backward community. The recommendation for 10.5% reservation to the Vanniyakula Kshatriya was made in …

Plea For Reserving Chairman Post Of Town Panchayat For Scheduled Tribes: Madras High Court Issues Notice To SEC
2 years, 10 months ago

Plea For Reserving Chairman Post Of Town Panchayat For Scheduled Tribes: Madras High Court Issues Notice To SEC

Live Law  

The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has issued notice to the State Election Commission on a plea seeking reservation of the Chairman Post of a town panchayat for Scheduled Tribes.A Division Bench of Justices Pushpa Sathyanarayana and P. Velmurugan has adjourned the matter to 15th February so that the counsel appearing for the State Election Commission can get instructions …

Govts need to collect quantifiable data: SC on reservations to SC/ST employees
2 years, 10 months 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 …

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

'Reservation Based On Caste Alone': Madras High Court Quashes 10.5% Internal Reservation To Vanniyar Community Under Most Backward Class Category
3 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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 …

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

10.5% Vanniyar Reservation Case: Madras HC Orders That Every Admission, Appointment Will Be Subject To Final Outcome Of Challenge [Read Order]
3 years, 3 months ago

10.5% Vanniyar Reservation Case: Madras HC Orders That Every Admission, Appointment Will Be Subject To Final Outcome Of Challenge [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday ruled that every admission made in educational institutions or appointment in public posts by implementing the 10.5% internal reservation for Vanniakula Kshatriyas, will be subject to to the final outcome of the writ petitions challenging the validity of such reservation. The Bench also made it clear that the instant interim order must be made …

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Challenge Against Tamil Nadu Law On Reservation For Most Backward Classes & Denotified Communities
3 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Challenge Against Tamil Nadu Law On Reservation For Most Backward Classes & Denotified Communities

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on two petitions challenging Tamil Nadu Special Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions and in appointments under the State within Reservation for Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities Act, 2021.A Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat tagged the pleas with two other pending petitions on a similar issue. The …

Supreme Court upholds reservation for Arunthathiyars in Tamil Nadu, and State governments’ authority to provide reservations within SC category
4 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court upholds reservation for Arunthathiyars in Tamil Nadu, and State governments’ authority to provide reservations within SC category

The Hindu  

A five-member bench of the Supreme Court has endorsed the right of State governments’ to provide reservations to communities within the Scheduled Caste category, but referred the issue to the Chief Justice of India to post it for a larger bench to determine such decision’s compatibility with the constitutionally mandated requirements for reservation. Along with the Punjab case, the bench …

States can have sub-groups among SCs/STs: Supreme Court
4 years, 3 months ago

States can have sub-groups among SCs/STs: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

A five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday held that States can sub-classify Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Central List to provide preferential treatment to the “weakest out of the weak”. The Chinnaiah judgment had held that allowing States to unilaterally “make a class within a class of members of the Scheduled Castes” would amount to tinkering …

Quota Within Quota: Supreme Court Set to Revive Debate on Creamy Layer Within Scheduled Castes
4 years, 3 months ago

Quota Within Quota: Supreme Court Set to Revive Debate on Creamy Layer Within Scheduled Castes

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Thursday disagreed with its 2004 Constitution Bench verdict, which had ruled against giving preferential treatment to certain sub-castes within the Scheduled Castes. The rethink by the top court is set to revive the debate on concept of creamy layer within SCs, and authorising states to give benefits of quota to groups that were not able to …

Madras HC Directs The Center To Formulate A Committee To Provide OBC Reservations In State Surrendered Seats In All India Quota For Medical Seats [Read Judgment]
4 years, 4 months ago

Madras HC Directs The Center To Formulate A Committee To Provide OBC Reservations In State Surrendered Seats In All India Quota For Medical Seats [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Madras High Court today ruled that there are no constitutional impediments for the Central Government to frame laws to provide reservation to the Other Backward Categories, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the State surrendered seats in the all India quota for medical seats in Tamil Nadu. However it clarified that ".on principle there is no legal or constitutional …

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