While challenging the 103rd amendment, which provides for the 10% quota for economically weaker sections, a petitioner argued before the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the reservations under the impugned amendment discriminate against the backward classes. Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora, appearing on behalf of the petitioners, argued before a five-judge constitution bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, UU …
Amid the political slugfest over the survey at the historic Gyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi, Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Monday asked All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti to maintain “peace and brotherhood”, suggesting them to “read history again”. Mufti, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, slammed the BJP-led Centre over the Gyanvapi Mosque …
