Allahabad HC orders conduct of ULB polls in UP without OBC reservation
1 year, 11 months ago

Allahabad HC orders conduct of ULB polls in UP without OBC reservation

Deccan Chronicle  

LUCKNOW: The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday quashed the Uttar Pradesh government's draft notification on urban local body elections and ordered it to hold the polls without reservation for the Other Backward Classes. But, as opposition parties blamed the state's BJP government for the “anti-OBC” development, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the elections will be announced only after finding a way out to provide the OBC reservation. Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav questioned the “anti-reservation BJP” for “showing sympathy” on OBC reservation in the urban body elections. Apna Dal working president Ashish Patel, who is a minister in the BJP-led government, said elections without the OBC reservation were “not fair from any point of view”.

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OBC Quota in Local Body Polls: HC Demands Compliance Status Report
4 months, 2 weeks ago

OBC Quota in Local Body Polls: HC Demands Compliance Status Report

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to appraise it about the time required to comply with the triple test and conditions mandated by the Supreme Court before reserving seats in the local bodies for OBCs. The division bench, comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J. Sreenivas Rao, on Tuesday directed the Advocate General A. …

Bias against OBCs, SCs, STs in Uttar Pradesh govt. appointments, Union Minister tells Yogi
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bias against OBCs, SCs, STs in Uttar Pradesh govt. appointments, Union Minister tells Yogi

The Hindu  

Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel has written to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath alleging bias in appointments of Other Backward Classes, Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe candidates in government jobs in the State. Ms. Patel’s letter, written on her party’s letterhead, comes weeks after the Bharatiya Janata Party’s poor performance in the …

Calcutta HC’s OBC Order Gives BJP’s ‘Muslim Quota’ Charge a New Lease of Life in Last Leg of Elections
7 months ago

Calcutta HC’s OBC Order Gives BJP’s ‘Muslim Quota’ Charge a New Lease of Life in Last Leg of Elections

News 18  

The Bharatiya Janata Party started its Lok Sabha election campaign with the ‘Muslim Quota’ charge that may have been a Karnataka issue, but was advertised by the party across India to make a case for appeasement politics against the Congress and INDIA bloc. With just two phases of the elections left, the BJP’s campaign has got a fresh lease of …

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Over OBC Exclusion From Reservation In Bihar Municipal Bodies
9 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Over OBC Exclusion From Reservation In Bihar Municipal Bodies

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in a plea raising the issue of exclusion of Other Backward Classes from the scope of 'triple test' for reservation in Municipal Elections of Bihar.The order was passed by a Bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan in petitioner's challenge to a Patna High Court judgment delivered on January 31, which dismissed …

Supreme Court Allows Local Body Elections In Uttar Pradesh With OBC Quota
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Allows Local Body Elections In Uttar Pradesh With OBC Quota

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday permitted notifications for setting up the election process for the local bodies in the State of Uttar Pradesh with OBC quota within two days. It allowed the State Election Commission to issue a notification in this regard in two days with an OBC quota in terms of a report of the Uttar Pradesh Backward Classes …

Supreme Court stay on Allahabad High Court order on U.P. civic polls deviates from its earlier judgment
1 year, 11 months ago

Supreme Court stay on Allahabad High Court order on U.P. civic polls deviates from its earlier judgment

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court stay of a direction of the Allahabad High Court to immediately notify local body polls in Uttar Pradesh in the general/open category without reserving seats for Other Backward Classes is a deviation from its own May 10, 2022 judgment concerning local body elections in Madhya Pradesh. The Allahabad High Court had applied the May 10 judgment in …

Supreme Court Stays HC Direction To Conduct UP Local Body Elections Without OBC Quota
1 year, 11 months ago

Supreme Court Stays HC Direction To Conduct UP Local Body Elections Without OBC Quota

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Allahabad High Court's direction to the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission to notify the Urban Local Body Polls without OBC reservation.Also, to ensure smooth administration in local bodies whose terms have expired, the Court allowed the delegation of powers to a 3-member body headed by the District Magistrate, with a condition that no …

Supreme Court stays Allahabad High Court order to conduct U.P. local body polls without OBC reservation
1 year, 11 months ago

Supreme Court stays Allahabad High Court order to conduct U.P. local body polls without OBC reservation

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed an Allahabad High Court direction to the State of Uttar Pradesh to hold local body elections without reservation for Other Backward Classes. The High Court had, on December 27, 2022, ordered elections to be held without OBC reservation after discovering that Uttar Pradesh had not complied with the “triple-test” criteria mandated by the Supreme …

OBC Quota In Local Body Polls : Supreme Court To Hear UP Government's Petition Against HC Order On 4th Jan
1 year, 11 months ago

OBC Quota In Local Body Polls : Supreme Court To Hear UP Government's Petition Against HC Order On 4th Jan

Live Law  

Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha stated that the court will hear the petition filed by the Uttar Pradesh government against the Allahabad High Court’s decision asking the State to conduct urban local body polls without OBC reservations on 4th January. The Allahabad High Court had directed the State Election Commission to immediately notify …

UP govt moves top court against HC's order to conduct urban local body polls sans OBC quota
1 year, 11 months ago

UP govt moves top court against HC's order to conduct urban local body polls sans OBC quota

India Today  

The Uttar Pradesh government has moved Supreme Court, challenging Allahabad High Court’s recent order to conduct urban local body polls without an OBC reservation. The state has filed a special leave petition before the Supreme Court against the order which quashed the state government's draft notification regarding urban local body elections. According to the state’s notification, the committee will conduct …

Akhilesh Yadav asks for U.P. Assembly session to discuss OBC quota in urban bodies
1 year, 11 months ago

Akhilesh Yadav asks for U.P. Assembly session to discuss OBC quota in urban bodies

The Hindu  

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday asked the Uttar Pradesh Government to convene a special session of the State Assembly to discuss the issue of Other Backward Classes reservation in urban local bodies after the Allahabad High Court’s decision to quash OBC reservation. Government’s conscience is clear, it must hold a special session of the State Legislature, so that …

UP Govt Moves Supreme Court Against Allahabad HC Order To Conduct UP Urban Body Polls Sans OBC Quota
1 year, 11 months ago

UP Govt Moves Supreme Court Against Allahabad HC Order To Conduct UP Urban Body Polls Sans OBC Quota

Live Law  

Two days after the Allahabad High Court directed the State Election Commission/State Government to immediately notify the Urban Local Body Polls without providing OBC reservations, the UP Government has moved an SLP before the Apex Court challenging Allahabad HC's verdict.It may be noted that on December 27, the bench of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Saurabh Lavania quashed. Two …

UP Local Polls: Yogi Govt Moves SC over HC Order Allowing Elections Without OBC Reservation
1 year, 11 months ago

UP Local Polls: Yogi Govt Moves SC over HC Order Allowing Elections Without OBC Reservation

News 18  

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday moved Supreme Court demanding reservation for Other Backward Classes in the upcoming urban local body elections. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad HC had given a green signal to the conduct of local body polls in the state without OBC reservation on Tuesday. The four other members are retired Indian Administrative Service officers Chaub …

UP Urban Body Polls| State Govt Constitutes A Committee For OBC Quota Survey To Fulfill 'Triple Test' Formality
1 year, 11 months ago

UP Urban Body Polls| State Govt Constitutes A Committee For OBC Quota Survey To Fulfill 'Triple Test' Formality

Live Law  

The Uttar Pradesh Government on Wednesday constituted a 5 member committee to carry out a survey to ensure adequate reservation for OBCs in the State Urban Body Polls by fulfilling the “triple test” formality as mandated by the Supreme Court.The decision to set up the committee was made by the state government a day after the Allahabad High Court directed. …

OBC quota row in UP: What is it about? What is CM Yogi's triple-test formula now?
1 year, 11 months ago

OBC quota row in UP: What is it about? What is CM Yogi's triple-test formula now?

India Today  

The Urban Local Body elections, which are supposed to be the last major polls in Uttar Pradesh before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, have been sucked into a caste row even before they could be conducted. On Tuesday, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court ordered the UP government and the state election commission to hold the ULB elections …

Will not go ahead with local polls without OBC reservations: K.P. Maurya
1 year, 11 months ago

Will not go ahead with local polls without OBC reservations: K.P. Maurya

The Hindu  

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that the State government was ready to approach the Supreme Court, if required, after the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday ordered that local body elections in the State be held without reservations for Other Backward Classes. The High Court had added that the State had not done enough to follow the …

UP govt appoints 5-member panel on OBC reservation in urban local body polls despite court setback on matter
1 year, 11 months ago

UP govt appoints 5-member panel on OBC reservation in urban local body polls despite court setback on matter

India TV News  

OBC reservation in UP: A day after Allahabad High Court's big decision over the matter, the Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday appointed a five-member panel for providing reservations to Other Backward Classes in urban local body elections. The Urban Development department released a notice, stating the panel's tenure would be for a six-month period from the day of taking charge …

After Allahabad HC order on urban local body polls, UP govt constitutes committee for OBC reservations
1 year, 11 months ago

After Allahabad HC order on urban local body polls, UP govt constitutes committee for OBC reservations

India Today  

After the Allahabad High Court ordered that the urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh should be held without reserving seats for Other Backward Classes, the Yogi Adityanath government has formed a committee to ensure reservations for OBCs on the basis of 'triple test' process. HC QUASHES GOVT'S NOTIFICATION On Tuesday, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court ordered …

Allahabad HC decision on Urban polls without OBC reservation rises political temperature in U.P.
1 year, 11 months ago

Allahabad HC decision on Urban polls without OBC reservation rises political temperature in U.P.

The Hindu  

The Allahabad High Court’s decision on Tuesday ordering the Uttar Pradesh government to notify the Urban Local body polls at the earliest without any reservation for the Other Backward Classes has heated up the political temperature in the State. Reacting to the High Court’s decision amid the Opposition’s allegations, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, “Uttar Pradesh government will set a …

"State Doesn't Fulfill Triple Test Formality": Allahabad HC Directs SEC To Notify ULB Polls Without OBC Quota, Include Women Quota
1 year, 11 months ago

"State Doesn't Fulfill Triple Test Formality": Allahabad HC Directs SEC To Notify ULB Polls Without OBC Quota, Include Women Quota

Live Law  

In a significant decision, the Allahabad High Court has directed the State Election Commission to immediately notify the Urban Local Body Polls without OBC reservation. With this, the bench quashed the draft notification issued by the Uttar Pradesh government on December 5 expressing its intent to conduct Urban Local Body Elections after reserving 4 mayor seats in the state for …

Despite court setback, Yogi Adityanath firm on OBC reservation: Here's what UP CM said
1 year, 11 months ago

Despite court setback, Yogi Adityanath firm on OBC reservation: Here's what UP CM said

India TV News  

OBC reservation in UP: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that the state government will go ahead with reservation to Other Backward Classes in the local urban body elections and will hold a survey under guidelines set by the Supreme Court. The chief minister's remarks came following the Allahabad High Court's judgment quashing the state government's December …

ULB Polls| State Fulfills 'Triple Test' Formality For OBC Quota: UP Govt Informs Allahabad High Court
2 years ago

ULB Polls| State Fulfills 'Triple Test' Formality For OBC Quota: UP Govt Informs Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

Responding to the query of the Allahabad High Court, the Uttar Pradesh Government has informed the HC that in essence, it is complying with the 'Triple Test' mandate of the Supreme Court to institute OBC quotas in Urban Local Body Elections.The State Government has also made a categorical submission before the HC that the survey of Other Backward Classes conducted …

UP Govt Seeks 1-Day Time To File Reply On 'Triple Test' Query: Allahabad HC Extends Stay On Issuance Of ULB Polls Notification
2 years ago

UP Govt Seeks 1-Day Time To File Reply On 'Triple Test' Query: Allahabad HC Extends Stay On Issuance Of ULB Polls Notification

Live Law  

The Uttar Pradesh Government today sought 1 day time to file its reply to the query raised by the Allahabad High Court on Monday whether, in the process of reserving the seats for the purpose of Urban Local Bodies' election, the State Government completed the 'Triple Test' formalities as mandated by the Supreme Court.Granting one day time to the UP …

ULB Polls: Allahabad HC Stays Announcement Of Dates, Asks UP Govt Whether 'Triple Test' Procedure For OBC Quota Completed
2 years ago

ULB Polls: Allahabad HC Stays Announcement Of Dates, Asks UP Govt Whether 'Triple Test' Procedure For OBC Quota Completed

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Monday restrained the State Election Commission from announcing Urban Local Body Elections notification till today. The State Government has also been restrained from making a final order reserving wards based on the draft order issued on December 5.The bench of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Saurabh Srivastava ordered thus while hearing a Public. Aggrieved …

Allahabad HC Issues Fresh Notices to Political Parties, CEC on Caste-based Rallies
2 years ago

Allahabad HC Issues Fresh Notices to Political Parties, CEC on Caste-based Rallies

News 18  

The Allahabad High Court has issued fresh notices to the chief election commissioner and major political parties in Uttar Pradesh, seeking their response on why there should not be a complete ban on caste-based rallies. The bench had also issued notices to the state’s four main political parties – BJP, Samajwadi Party, BSP and Congress – for their response. Even …

SC asks Patna HC to hear plea on OBC quota in Bihar civic polls
2 years, 3 months ago

SC asks Patna HC to hear plea on OBC quota in Bihar civic polls

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Patna High Court to take up at an early date a plea seeking direction to the Bihar government to implement reservation for OBCs in local bodies by fulfilling the triple test laid down by it. In December 2021, the top court had ruled that reservation for OBCs in local bodies would not be …

UP polls 2022: Anupriya Patel seeks more political representation for OBCs to ensure 'social justice'
2 years, 11 months ago

UP polls 2022: Anupriya Patel seeks more political representation for OBCs to ensure 'social justice'

India TV News  

Highlights Anupriya Patel has pitched for more political representation for OBCs The Apna Dal had won nine seats in the 2017 assembly polls The party has contested the three elections in alliance with the BJP Political history clearly shows that the party or alliance that gets the OBC support comes to power in Uttar Pradesh, BJP ally and Apna Dal …

Madhya Pradesh Clears 27% OBC Reservation for Govt Appointments, Exams
3 years, 3 months ago

Madhya Pradesh Clears 27% OBC Reservation for Govt Appointments, Exams

News 18  

Amid pressure from the opposition Congress, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led government in Madhya Pradesh has cleared 27 per cent reservation for other backward classes in government recruitments and examinations. On August 25, advocate general Purushendra Kaurav had forwarded a legal opinion to GAD that exams and recruitments, except those placed under the HC ban, could be covered under 27 per …

OBC Mahasabha Takes to the Streets in Bhopal Demanding 27% Reservation
3 years, 4 months ago

OBC Mahasabha Takes to the Streets in Bhopal Demanding 27% Reservation

News 18  

The OBC Mahasabha, an umbrella organisation of Other Backward Classes in Madhya Pradesh, took to the streets in Bhopal on Wednesday over their 27% reservation demand. The OBC Mahasabha protested over a range of demands, including a caste-based census of OBCs, 27% OBC reservation in National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, 27% reservation benefits to OBC candidates in MP Public Service Commission, teachers’ …

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