Seeking the judgement's reconsideration, top court says reservation for children from disadvantaged backgrounds doesn't erode minority status of institutions protected under Article 30(1).
Justice Chandrachud's AMU judgment overturned a key aspect of the Supreme Court’s 1967 decision, which had held that an educational institution deriving its legal character from a statute is not “established” by a minority.
It's in statutes, says Aliah University after Amit Malviya attacks 'attempt to eat into reservations'. Will ensure merit is the criteria for filling vacancies, says V-C Wahab.
HC judgment comes on Delhi Tamil Education Association petition, complaining about the education department not responding to its requests to approve appointments to fill vacancies.
Right to Education Act mandated schools to allocate 25% of their seats to disadvantaged communities. To circumvent this and preserve the elite character of schools, minority status became a godsend.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.
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