The case arises out of a reference made to bench in 2020 that expressed serious doubts about correctness of the 2005 landmark E.V. Chinnaiah vs State of Andhra Pradesh judgement.
Case was referred to 7-judge bench by a 5-judge SC bench in 2020, which expressed doubts about correctness of a 2005 ruling that held SCs were 'homogenous' group & couldn't be sub-classified.
The UGC has claimed there will be no de-reservation of teaching posts after the public outcry over its draft reservation guidelines. Why, then, did it include a chapter on the subject?
Siddaramaiah-led Congress govt has announced it would urge Centre to introduce an amendment to Article 341 to empower state governments to provide internal reservation.
Court says circumstances when ordinance was passed in 1943 warranted such a law but no such need exists. Ruling comes on back of petitions by two Hubli-based male nursing teachers.
The demand for a quota by the comparatively socially and economically privileged Maratha community prompts a reevaluation of the very bedrock of reservation policies—social justice.
Inhabitants of Trans-Giri area of Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district, ‘Hattees’ were included in state list of STs through bill passed in both houses of Parliament.
As activist tours Maharashtra, youth attending his rallies say he is unlike other Maratha leaders who have failed them, and that 'if anyone can give us reservation, it is him'.
From Morales in Bolivia to Maduro in Venezuela to Morsi in Egypt, leaders have tried to challenge affirmative action and witnessed devastation. The RSS can take a lesson or two.
German mountaineers Stallbohm and Poncar recall their interactions with Col. Narendra ‘Bull’ Kumar and shed light on the maps they gave him which drew his attention to Siachen.
The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.
Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.
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