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ARTICLE 341 OF THE CONSTITUTION
Stop using 'harijan' word in official communications: Odisha govt asks deptsThe Odisha government has directed all departments, public institutions, and educational bodies to discontinue the use of the term 'harijan...- Epoch-making verdict of Supreme Court: Subcategorising SCs remains difficultThe Supreme Court ruled on the categorisation of Scheduled Castes in the Punjab Vs Davinder Singh case, ending a two-decade debate. The cou...
- Justice Bela Trivedi’s dissenting judgment on scheduled castes classificationIn her dissenting judgment, Justice Bela Trivedi stated that state legislatures lack the authority to reclassify or subdivide castes listed...
- Supreme Court gives landmark verdict on SC, ST quota: What is it all about?The Supreme Court ruled that states can now sub-classify Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) to grant quotas within these gro...
- Is state empowered to make classification in SCs, STs for quota: SC begins examining legal questionA seven-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud is also examining the validity of the Punjab Scheduled Castes and B...
- Karnataka Cabinet recommends internal reservation among SCs, asks Centre for constitutional amendmentAddressing the media after the meeting, Law minister HK Patil and social welfare minister HC Mahadevappa said the Cabinet had decided to re...
- Centre sets up panel on SC status for Dalit convertsFormer Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan-headed panel will have IAS (retd) Ravinder Kumar Jain and UGC member Sushma Yadav as its memb...
- UP to prepare proposal asking centre to "redefine" 17 OBC sub-castes as SCsThe Allahabad HC last week quashed two GOs- one issued under the SP government in 2016 and one under the BJP government in 2019, saying onl...
- Uttarakhand govt paying cash incentives to inter-caste, inter-faith couplesThe cash incentives are given to all legally registered inter-faith Indian couples, said officials of the state Social Welfare Department.
- Government to examine issue of some castes not getting equal benefitsKataria, union minister of state for social justice and empowerment, also said in Lok Sabha that under the existing scheme, an SC or OBC if...
- Registrar General of India rejected 50% caste included in UP SC listA letter issued by the social welfare department of Uttar Pradesh said SC certificates should be issued to 17 OBCs.
- Supreme Court refuses to refer to 7-judge bench its 2006 verdict on SC/ST job promotionThe Supreme Court Wednesday said its 2006 verdict putting benefits of quotas in job promotions for SC/ST employees need not be referred to ...
- SC rules out early bench formation on SC/ST quotas caseThe apex court said it would take time to constitute a bench to re-examine a 2006 verdict that the creamy-layer-exclusion principle could n...
- Lok Sabha approves bill to provide reservation to more communitiesMoving the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 Amendment Bill for consideration and passing, Social Justice Minister Thawar Chand G...
- Centre approves inclusion of some castes in SC listThe government approved a proposal for inclusion of certain castes, including Sais, Aheria and Peruvannan, in the list of SC in five states.
- Dalit Muslims, Dalit Christians & quota: What is it all about?The issue of categorising Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians among SCs is separate from that of earmarking 5% quota of OBCs for other relig...
- Nitish, Lalu plotting to snatch quota share of Dalits, backwards: Sushil Modi"... Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad are trying to take away the nine per cent quota from Dalits and backward communities to give the same to ...
- MRPS delegation from Andhra, Telangana calls on M Venkaiah NaiduA delegation from Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS) from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana today met Union Parliamentary Affairs M Venkai...
- Parties eye muslim votes but dither on giving tickets to themCome election time and all parties set their eyes on the minority votes particularly the muslims, widely perceived as a "vote bank", and an...
- Muslims don't qualify for Dalit quota: ArjunHRD minister Arjun Singh may have thrown down the gauntlet to his party colleagues and the Left when he all but ruled out the possibility o...
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