Articles for Caste Identity

Important MCQ's Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments For Law Examinations
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Important MCQ's Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments For Law Examinations

Live Law  

The Litigant's advocate had withdrawn the application, which was preferred before the Court, without intimating the litigant. d. Both and Answer: Option Explanation: Recently, the Supreme Court observed that it would be impermissible for the High Court to exercise inherent powers under Section 482 of Cr. d. Both and Answer: Option Explanation: The Supreme Court recently held that the limitation …

Supreme Court Performance Court Specific Performance Pay Commission Litigant Indian
Confronting caste in educational institutions
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Confronting caste in educational institutions

Hindustan Times  

In August last year, two Dalit children in Nanguneri, a town in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district, were brutally assaulted by their schoolmates, prompting the state government to appoint a retired judge of the Madras high court to study caste atrocities in schools and colleges. The report, submitted by justice K Chandru, offers suggestions that need a close discussion, not just …

Tamil Nadu Political Parties Caste Pti Caste Prejudice Caste Identity Chandru
The Maratha agitation may rewrite the rules on certifying caste
11 months, 1 week ago

The Maratha agitation may rewrite the rules on certifying caste

Hindustan Times  

The grand Maratha march culminated over the weekend in Navi Mumbai with Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde announcing other backward classes reservation for those Marathas who have records of Kunbi caste identity through a “draft notification”. Sage soyare: A contentious trope The “draft notification” introduces a new category — sagey soyare — and states that the sagey soyare of the …

Marriage Mumbai Maharashtra Maratha Marathas Obc Quota
'How's Being Transgender a Caste Identity?' Bihar's 'Discriminatory' Caste Survey Reaches Patna HC
1 year, 8 months ago

'How's Being Transgender a Caste Identity?' Bihar's 'Discriminatory' Caste Survey Reaches Patna HC

News 18  

They face societal stigma, often have to fight for their fundamental rights, and find themselves detached from the society but now, Bihar’s transgender community has entered the battlefield to fight for their identity. Prasad’s petition said that categorising “transgenders as a caste, is unconstitutional and arbitrary as it is inconsistent with Articles 14, 15, 16, 19 and 21 as well …

India Identity Constitution Protection Gender Transgender Equal Protection
TG writes to CM for mentioning them as ‘caste’, instead of gender for caste survey
1 year, 8 months ago

TG writes to CM for mentioning them as ‘caste’, instead of gender for caste survey

Hindustan Times  

PATNA: A transgender social activist has written to chief minister Nitish Kumar on April 10, objecting to the state government categorising them as a ‘caste’, instead of gender, triggering a fresh controversy to Bihar’s caste-based survey, 2022, the second round of which is scheduled to be held from April 15 to May 15. While mentioning TG as a caste under …

Bihar Gender Survey Yadav State Centre Castes
Changing contexts of caste
2 years, 4 months ago

Changing contexts of caste

The Hindu  

Caste today is active in three main ways. Caste politics was first confined to the campaign around untouchability and then strangled by the Poona Pact, which effectively ensured that only Dalit representatives acceptable to the upper castes would be elected. This weaponised form of Hindutva would be expected to be the natural enemy of lower-caste politics because of the inevitable …

Politics Identity Congress Caste Centre Castes Form
In Tamil Nadu, assertion of caste identity has peace hanging by a thread, even in schools
2 years, 6 months ago

In Tamil Nadu, assertion of caste identity has peace hanging by a thread, even in schools

The Hindu  

A month after a Thevar boy was allegedly killed by a Scheduled Caste boy in a Government Higher Secondary School, fear was still palpable in Adaichani, a quiet village in the picturesque Ambasamudram Taluk of Tirunelveli district. We don’t know what exactly happened.” He also denied that Arundhathiyar boys wore caste threads in the village, but could not confirm that …

Identity Tamil Nadu Students School Political Parties Dalit Caste
‘Deve Gowda’s democratic engagement was deep’
3 years ago

‘Deve Gowda’s democratic engagement was deep’

The Hindu  

Haradanahalli Dodde Gowda Deve Gowda was born in 1933 in a village called Haradanahalli in Hassan district in southern Karnataka. The early arrangement between them was Deve Gowda would work with the masses and Ramakrishna Hegde would take care of the management and strategy and deal with the party’s finances. Between 1978 and 1994, Deve Gowda missed the chance of …

India English Life Prime Political Congress Indian
Political Line | Congress tries gender politics in U.P.
3 years, 2 months ago

Political Line | Congress tries gender politics in U.P.

The Hindu  

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is trying to prove her political mettle in Uttar Pradesh, and some of her moves appear to be creating ripples. By advancing a politics around women, Ms. Gandhi Vadra said, the Congress wanted to pull the country out from “politics of casteism and religion”. The UPA-1 was a coalition of various caste formations, but the …

Politics Congress Caste Political Line Line Newsletter
Supreme Court Weekly Round Up April 26 To May 2, 2021
3 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up April 26 To May 2, 2021

Live Law  

Deduction Under Section 80-IA Income Tax Act Not Restricted To 'Business Income' Only: Supreme CourtCase: Commissioner of Income Tax-I Vs. Reliance Energy Ltd. Citation: LL 2021 SC 235The bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Vineet Saran held that the scope of sub-section of Section 80- IA of the Act is limited to determination of quantum. Deduction Under Section 80-IA …

Social Media India Justice Supreme Court High Courts Court Uttar Pradesh
Section 3(2)(v) of SC/ST Act Will Attract As Long As Caste Identity Is One Of The Grounds For The Occurrence Of Offence: SC Doubts Earlier Judgments
3 years, 8 months ago

Section 3(2)(v) of SC/ST Act Will Attract As Long As Caste Identity Is One Of The Grounds For The Occurrence Of Offence: SC Doubts Earlier Judgments

Live Law  

The Supreme Court doubted the earlier judgments which interpreted Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act,1989, to mean that the offence should have been committed "only on the ground that the victim was a member of the Scheduled Caste. The court noted that under Section 3, an enhanced punishment of imprisonment for life with fine is …

Identity Court Caste Person Ground Scheduled Committed
Caste And The Statue Of 'Manu' In Rajasthan High Court
4 years, 8 months ago

Caste And The Statue Of 'Manu' In Rajasthan High Court

Live Law  

Recently, the Rajasthan High Court has issued an standing order that the caste of any person, including accused, should not be incorporated in any judicial or administrative matter. This has come after an advocate wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of India raising concerns over the "regressive practice" of mentioning the caste in the cause title/affidavit/memo of parties in …

India Rajasthan Constitution Court Dalit Caste High