A bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and also comprising justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said that the manual, which discriminates against prison by assigning cleaning and sweeping tasks to lower castes and cooking to higher castes, is in violation of Article 15.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the Durga Puja celebrations at Jodhpur Park on Wednesday. She wished for the well-being of everyone and emphasised the unity of all religions, castes, and languages.
"Caste census is not a new issue. We have always supported it. Our party has always advocated in favour of caste census. Our party has a clear stand that the caste census should be conducted...It (caste census) could be a new issue for the opposition. When they were in power, be it Congress
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, "Is bringing a social empowerment a casteism? Is safeguarding the Constitution a casteism? Is demanding for caste census a casteism? Caste system has been in our basic structure for the centuries. We cannot escape this. Congress party is saying that conduc
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge accused the BJP of prioritising the RSS agenda over the welfare of soldiers and farmers, while also criticising the party for failing to fulfil its promises ahead of the Haryana elections.
BSP chief Mayawati has said that the people who spread casteism are acting against the Constitution. In an election rally here, she also expressed her displeasure over the term "Harijan" for referring to SC/ST communities.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sukhbir Singh (Operations), who was injured in a recent encounter with the terrorists at Billawar in Kathua district, today cast his vote during the third and final phase of assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hit out at Congress over its caste politics and said that the party "wants to crush patriotism" of the country by propagating divisions on lines of caste and religion.
Speaking to ANI, Azad said, "I urge all voters to reach at the polling stations along with their families and caste votes. I think one-fourth of the voters will be the new generation and their expectations are totally different. The biggest issue is unemployment and it is just not the issue