Amit Shah affirms BJP’s commitment to reservations
The Union home minister reiterated his party's unwavering commitment to preserving reservations against the backdrop of alleged misinformation from the Opposition.
The Union home minister reiterated his party's unwavering commitment to preserving reservations against the backdrop of alleged misinformation from the Opposition.
The socio economic data from the caste survey report, which was presented to the assembly on Tuesday, indicates that 34 per cent of people in Bihar are classified as "poor," meaning that their monthly income is less than Rs 6,000
Assam's cabinet approves seat reservation for Bhutanese nationals in medical colleges, strengthening India-Bhutan ties.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced a number of pro-women initiatives, including the allocation of 50% of teaching positions to women and to reserve 35% of government job openings for them
While speaking to reporters in Pune on Thursday, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar said the Central Government should give reservation to women before thinking about the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).
If a person avails the benefit of 10 per cent reservation under EWS category for a job on the basis of wrong information or documents, his services will be terminated, the government has warned.
The top court judgment came on a batch of appeals filed by Jharkhand and some individuals against the Jharkhand High Court judgment, which quashed the notification.
Senior leaders of the BJP and the Congress in Madhya Pradesh welcomed the SC's decision saying, "justice prevailed", claiming that the initiative for providing reservation for OBCs was taken by their parties and accused each other of being anti-OBC.
A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and B V Nagarathna said the high court should not have expressed such an opinion while hearing a contempt petition filed by the ruling DMK party in Tamil Nadu.
The bench said, "We will hear the batch of petitions challenging the validity of the reservation in 10 days. But if the government wants to implement the quota even before the court decides its validity, then we have to stay any such move."
