After the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that states have the power to sub-classify Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs), Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah welcomed the decision "wholeheartedly" and called it a "historic one".
The Allahabad High Court today dismissed the petition filed by the Shahi Eidgah (mosque) committee challenging the maintainability of 18 lawsuits initiated by Hindu devotees.
The Supreme Court ruled by a majority judgement of 6:1 that sub-classification within the scheduled caste and scheduled tribes (SCs and STs) reservation is permissible. As many as six separate opinions were delivered in the case.
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.
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday said the Telangana government would decide to categorize ABCD according to the Supreme Court's verdict on SC Sub-classification. Responding to the landmark verdict given by the Supreme Court on SC Sub-classification in the assembly, Revanth Reddy an
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to Delhi police on a plea filed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide, Bibhav Kumar, accused of assaulting AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal, challenging the Delhi High Court's order denying him bail.
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled by a majority judgement of 6:1 that sub-classification within the scheduled caste and scheduled tribes (SC/STs) reservation is permissible.
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ordered Iran to strike Israel directly, in retaliation for the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, New York Times reported, citing three Iranian officials, briefed on the order, including two members of the Revolutionary Gua
The Supreme Court 7-judge Constitution Bench will deliver an order on Thursday on the issues relating to the validity of sub-classifications among reserved categories like Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended its earlier order, staying the premature release of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli, serving life imprisonment in a murder case.