Supreme Court accepted caste census legitimacy: RJD, JDU and SPRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which is part of the ruling alliance in Bihar, says the judgment has given legitimacy to its demand for caste c...
08 Nov, 2022, 11.23 PM IST
EWS hearing: SC upholds 10% quota, says it doesn't violate basic structure of ConstitutionA five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of the Constitution's 103rd Amendment Act 2019, which pr...
07 Nov, 2022, 06.45 PM IST
EWS quota given from 50% general category, doesn't erode SCs, STs, OBCs reservation: Centre to SCStrongly defending the 103rd constitutional amendment which provides for 10 per cent quota to the EWS, Attorney General K K Venugopal told ...
20 Sep, 2022, 09.12 PM IST
EWS quota breaches 50% ceiling, defeats creamy layer concept, excludes poor SC/ST, OBCs, SC toldThe quota for the Economically Weaker Sections(EWS) is a "deceitful and a backdoor attempt" to destroy the concept of reservation, a lawyer...
13 Sep, 2022, 10.42 PM IST
SC allows NEET UG, PG counselling with 27% OBC and 10% EWS quotasThe Union government urged the bench to quickly take a call as medical institutions were facing staff shortages as they fought the pandemic...
08 Jan, 2022, 06.27 AM IST
SC allows NEET-PG medical counselling with OBC, EWS quotasA bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and A.S. Bopanna said: "We have upheld the constitutional validity of 27 percent reservation f...
07 Jan, 2022, 01.01 PM IST
Change in EWS cutoff will delay NEET-PG counselling: Govt to Supreme CourtA bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud reserved its judgement after hearing arguments from petitioner medical students, who opposed the OBC ...
06 Jan, 2022, 11.56 PM IST
Supreme Court to pronounce order Friday on pleas regarding EWS, OBC quota in NEET-PG admissionsThe Centre had told the apex court on Wednesday that it would not accept a position whereby those falling in the OBC or the EWS category, w...
06 Jan, 2022, 09.07 PM IST
NEET-PG admissions: Doctors' federation moves SC seeking commencement of counsellingThe federation submitted that as no junior doctors have been inducted this year, the second- and third-year PG doctors are handling the pat...
06 Jan, 2022, 03.17 PM IST
Social justice ministry panel to review EWS criteriaThe ministry of social justice and empowerment, the nodal ministry for reservation, is likely to appoint an expert committee next week.
27 Nov, 2021, 06.47 AM IST
Centre to review Rs 8 lakh income cap for EWS quotaSG Tushar Mehta seeks 4 weeks to get back to Supreme Court with new proposal
25 Nov, 2021, 11.58 PM IST
Centre cites Sinho Panel creamy layer note to defend EWS income cap in Supreme CourtIn a 15-page affidavit filed on Tuesday - after the Supreme Court (SC) questioned the logic behind arriving at the annual income ceiling of...
26 Oct, 2021, 11.53 PM IST
Beyond political expedience on quotasQuotas not the best form of affirmative action
30 Jul, 2021, 11.11 PM IST
Centre announces 27% OBC, 10% EWS reservation in AIQ Scheme for medical courses"Our Government has taken a landmark decision for providing 27% reservation for OBCs and 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Section in...
29 Jul, 2021, 04.37 PM IST
PM Modi reviews issue of OBC, EWS reservation in all-India quota of medical educationIn a meeting on Monday attended by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, secre...
27 Jul, 2021, 11.00 PM IST
10% EWS reservation by 2020 in two phasesThe Centre proposes to implement the 10% quota for the economically-weaker sections (EWS) across all institutes in two academic sessions, o...
17 Jan, 2019, 07.48 AM IST
Now, Modi govt is working to introduce 10% EWS quota in private institutesThis legislation will provide for implementation of the reservation in private educational institutes.
16 Jan, 2019, 11.14 AM IST