Jodhpur, March 30 In a significant ruling on affirmative action for transgender persons, the Rajasthan High Court's Jodhpur bench has held that the state's policy of including them under the OBC category offers no meaningful benefit, and granted interim relief by directing 3 per cent additional...
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New Delhi, March 10 – The Supreme Court issued a notice on Tuesday regarding a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the implementation of the "cream layer" principle within reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs).A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, and...
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New Delhi, February 23 – CPI-M leader Brinda Karat on Monday criticized Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, stating that whatever happened at the university was entirely her responsibility and accusing her of damaging one of India’s premier...
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New Delhi, February 21 The Supreme Court has referred a batch of pleas concerning the validity of the increase in OBC reservation in Madhya Pradesh from 14 per cent to 27 per cent to the state high court.In 2019, the state decided to increase the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota in Madhya...
Guwahati, February 17 – The Assam Cabinet on Tuesday approved a three percent reservation for the Tea Tribes and Adivasi communities in Class I and Class II state government jobs, marking a significant expansion of affirmative action for one of the state's most marginalized sections, Chief...
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New Delhi, February 14 – In Bangladesh, several rights groups and media reports have highlighted the lack of women candidates in the general election, despite the founding fathers and current leaders having pledged to make politics equally accessible to men and women.In the run-up to the 13th...
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New Delhi, February 10 The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to file its response to pleas seeking a directive to lay down criteria for excluding the upper strata of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes from benefiting from reservation in admissions and public employment.A bench...
New Delhi, February 10 Rajya Sabha Congress MP Mukul Balkrishna Wasnik on Tuesday asked the government to issue an annual report on social justice and table it in Parliament, similar to the economic survey.The government tables the economic survey in Parliament before the Union Budget...