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Exclusion of creamy layer from SCs, STs: Top court hear matter after 2 wee
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday posted after two weeks hearing of a plea after Attorney General KK Venugopal urged the court to refer to the 7-judge bench the issue raised in the plea relating to exclusion of creamy layer from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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Punjab: NCSC chairman meets family of Dalit man killed in Sangrur
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Sangrur (Punjab) [India], Nov 23 (ANI): National Commission for Scheduled Caste (NCSC) chairman Ram Shankar Katheria along with other officials on Saturday met the family members of Jagmail Singh at Changaliwala village in Lehragaga here.
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TN: NCSC summons Murasoli MD over Panchami land issue
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov 16 (ANI): National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) on Saturday issued a notice to the Managing Director of Murasoli Trust, which owns the eponymous DMK mouthpiece, to appear before the commission for hearing on Panchami land issue.
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Kerala: BJP SC Morcha workers stage protest over acquittal of three accuse
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Nov 2 (ANI): BJP Scheduled Caste (SC) Morcha workers on Saturday staged a protest in front of Kerala Law Minister, AK Balan's residence over the acquittal of three accused in the alleged sexual assault and murder of two minor girls in Walayar in 2017.
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NCSC will take up case and primary inquiry: Vice-Chairman after visiting h
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Palakkad (Kerala) [India], Oct 30 (ANI): Dr L Murugan, Vice-Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NSCS) visited the house of two minor sisters (victims in 2017 rape and suicide case) on Tuesday.
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Tamil Nadu: CM agrees for an inquiry into 'Panchami' land issue
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 24 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday said that his government will conduct an inquiry into 'Panchami' land issue.
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SC reserves order on pleas challenging amendments to SC/ST Act
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a batch of petitions challenging the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018, which rules out any provision for anticipatory bail for a person accused of atrocities
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Mayawati lauds SC for recalling verdict on dilution of SC/ST Act
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati on Wednesday lauded the apex court's recent judgement recalling its earlier order diluting the stringent provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Preve
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SC recalls its verdict that diluted SC/ST Act
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 1 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday recalled its earlier order that diluted the stringent provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, while restoring automatic arrest in such cases.
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UP SC/ST commission asks police to probe allegations of reservation misuse
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 30 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Commission has directed police to probe allegations of misuse of SC reservations by an assistant professor and his brother at Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
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Jolt to Yogi as Allahabad HC stays inclusion of 17 OBC castes in SC list
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 16 (ANI): In a setback to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath led BJP government in the state, the Allahabad High Court on Monday stayed the decision to include 17 Other Backward Castes (OBCs) in the Scheduled Castes (SC) list.
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Assembly, LS seats will be reserved for SCs, STs in J-K: Nadda
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kurukshetra (Haryana) [India], Sept 16 (ANI): BJP working president JP Nadda on Monday said that in the near future seats will be reserved in Jammu and Kashmir for the Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribe communities.
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