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OBC reservation in urban polls: Samajwadi Party files SLP in apex court
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Samajwadi Party on Wednesday filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court, opposing the Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench order to hold the urban body elections without reservations for Other Backward Classes.
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SC to hear on Jan 4 UP govt's plea against Allahabad HC order to conduct l
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on January 4 the plea of Uttar Pradesh government challenging the Allahabad High Court order directing the State poll panel to hold urban local body elections without reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
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OBC reservation in urban polls: Yogi govt files SLP in Supreme Court
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) opposing the Allahabad High Court's Lucknow Bench order to hold the urban body elections without reservation for the Other Backward Classes.
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No local body elections without reservation for OBCs: UP Deputy CM after H
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A day after the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court ordered holding of municipal elections without reservation for the Other Backward Class (OBC), Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Wednesday said no elections will be held without giving reservation to the communit
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SC notice to Centre on plea seeking caste-based census for OBCs
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre on a plea seeking directions for a caste-based census for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the upcoming 16th Indian Census.
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Other Backward Classes oppressed even after 75 years of Independence: BC l
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
BC Rajyadhikara Samiti president Suresh Dasu on Saturday said that people of the Other Backward Class (OBC) community are being "oppressed" even after 75 years of the country's independence.
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Chhattisgarh Governor to approve Reservation Amendment Bills on Monday
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
"I'm totally in favour of the Bill, I thank opposition parties also for backing the decision to raise the quota for backward classes from 58 to 75. I will approve the Bill by Monday," Uikey said.
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Chhattisgarh passes bills to hike OBC, SC quotas
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Chhattisgarh assembly on Friday unanimously passed two amendment bills hiking reservation in admissions and government jobs in the state for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Scheduled Caste (SC) communities, in line with the proportion of their populations.
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Congress's Hanumantha Rao demands caste-wise census in Telangana, warns of
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Rao said that the population of Other Backward Classes (OBC) has increased, and recounted the demands for the caste-wise census raised by heads of governments across various states.
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Special Assembly session in Jharkhand today, key Bills to be tabled
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The government ledf by Chief Minister Hemant Soren is likely to pass Bills related to the domicile policy based on 1,932 land records and 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities.
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DMK's P Wilson urges Rijiju for constitutional amendment enabling conseque
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
He urged the law minister to insert provisions similar to Article 16 (4A) and (4B) and said that "Otherwise attaining complete social justice would remain a distant dream."
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I would be happy if HD Kumaraswamy becomes Karnataka CM: BJP MLC M Chidana
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
"Our community (Kunchitiga) should also be included in the list of Other Backward Class (OBC) with the Centre. If Kumaranna (HD Kumaraswamy) becomes the next Chief Minister, I will be the first person to be happy," BJP MLC M Chidanand Gowda said.
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