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No provision for creamy layers in SC/ST quota: Centre
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday that there is no provision for creamy layer in SCs and STs reservation in the Constitution drafted by BR Ambedkar, and the NDA government is bound to follow that Constitution.
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BJP MPs belonging to SC/ST communities met PM Modi over SC's decision on i
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The MPs jointly submitted a memorandum regarding the Supreme Court's observation on the creamy layer for ST/SC and demanded that this decision should not be implemented in our society. PM Modi assured them that he would look into this matter.
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Delhi HC fixes August 12 for hearing on former IAS Puja Khedkar's anticipa
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Friday fixed August 12 for hearing on former IAS officer Puja Khedkar's plea challenging a district court's decision denying her anticipatory bail. The FIR against her alleges that she faked her identity to gain more attempts than permitted in the civil services exami
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Congress to hold meeting today to discuss strategy on SC's decision on ide
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Supreme Court, in a landmark ruling on August 1, ruled that states have the power to sub-classify SCs and STs and said that the authority concerned, while deciding if the class is adequately represented, must calculate adequacy based on effective and not quantitative representation. Read More
We will file review petition against top court's verdict on SC/ST subclass
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Reacting to the Supreme Court's observation on the creamy layer in Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs), Union Minister Chirag Paswan expressed his disagreement and emphasised that the basis of Scheduled Caste is untouchability. He added that discrimination is practised bas
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Such sub-categorization is pointless, emotionless: RJD's Manoj Jha after S
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
After the Supreme Court ruled that states must identify the 'creamy layer' in the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) and exclude them from quota benefits, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha on Thursday said that he respects the decision but this kind of sub-categor
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Reservation linked to social injustice, creamy layer in SC/STs discriminat
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Reacting to the opinion of the Supreme Court that there is a need for identifying creamy layers in SC/STs, AAP MP Sanjay Singh said that the basis of the reservation is not economic status but caste discrimination and social injustice so it should not be seen in the perspective of creamy lay
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SC opines on identifying creamy layer in SC/STs, Justice Gavai suggests po
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday opined on the need for identifying creamy layers in SC/STs, as four out of seven judges of the Constitution Bench on Thursday suggested excluding these people from the benefit of affirmative reservation.
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"Nayab Singh's cabinet has brought three major reforms for OBCs in Haryana
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
"Nayab Singh's cabinet has brought three major reforms for Haryana. The first is that it has been decided to increase the creamy layer limit from Rs 6 lakh to Rs 8 lakh, providing 8% reservation to Group A and 5% to Group B in Panchayats and Municipal Corporations," Amit Shah said while addr
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Congress always "opposed" OBCs, PM Modi provided constitutional rights: Am
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Referring to former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi for "opposing" for OBC reservation, the Union minister Shah said, "In 1957, the Kaka Kalelkar Commission was constituted to review the reservation for OBCs, but Congress didn't implement its suggestions for years. In 1980,
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"Puja Khedkar had submitted non-creamy layer OBC certificate for MBBS admi
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In a major development in the ongoing controversy over probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, who has been accused of allegedly misusing her authority, new information has surfaced.
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Providing reservation on basis of economic criteria breaches the equality
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): The petitioners on Tuesday submitted before the Supreme Court that providing reservation on the basis of economic criteria, excluding SC, ST and OBC Non-Creamy Layer, breaches the equality code.
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