The Union Cabinet on Friday asserted that there was no provision for a creamy layer in the reservation for SCs and STs in the Constitution given by B R Ambedkar. The Union Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, held a detailed discussion on the Supreme Court judgement on the sub-categorisation of reservation for SCs and STs as granted in the Constitution. "It is the well thought view of the Union Cabinet that the NDA government is firmly committed to the provisions in the Constitution given by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar," Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told reporters here. He said there was a detailed discussion in the Union Cabinet meeting on a recent Supreme Court judgement that made certain suggestions on the reservation for the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST). "According to the Constitution given by B R Ambedkar, there is no provision for a creamy layer in the SC-ST reservation," Vaishnaw said. He asserted that the ...
The ruling on sub-classification within SCs and STs has sparked sharp reactions from several political parties and activists alike
The verdict came on references to revisit the five-judge constitution bench judgement of 2004 in the case of EV Chinnaiah versus State of Andhra Pradesh
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Prime Minister was seen consoling Dalit leader Manda Krishna Madiga, who flagged how the Malas, another SC community in Telangana, while numerically fewer, have cornered benefits of SC reservation
The Madras High Court has held that the concept of communal reservation or reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes of citizens would not apply to minority institutions. The first bench comprising Chief Justice S V Gangapurwala and Justice P D Audikesavalu gave the ruling while partly allowing an appeal and a petition from Justice Basheer Ahmed Syed College for Women (Autonomous) in the city, assailing a November 2021 order, rejecting the extension of religious minority status to the college. The college also sought a direction to issue the Permanent Religious Minority status certificate. Though reservation was made applicable to the socially and educationally Backward Classes of citizens, the SCs and the STs for admission, from the educational institutions, the minority educational institutions were consciously excluded from the operation of Article 15(5) of the Constitution of India, the bench said. It noted that Article 15(5) of the Constitut
The Women's Reservation Bill is the first bill to be discussed in the new parliament building. Lok Sabha is scheduled to discuss and pass the Bill on Wednesday
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes will hold a review meeting next week with the twelve public sector banks that have come under its lens for non-implementation of central schemes, according to senior officials. The NCSC chief will chair the meeting and raise the issues of not filling vacant posts reserved for persons belonging to the SC category and difficulty for SCs in getting loans, a senior official said. A senior official said that in banks, especially at higher positions, there are less number of people from the community and this issue will also be discussed at the meeting.
A parliamentary panel has asked the Centre to propose amendments to existing rules of public sector oil marketing companies for appointment of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe members in their boards of directors, noting that they were "rarely" included in the top governing bodies. In a report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, the committee also termed the percentage of Scheduled Tribe (ST) representation "quite low" in Group A, B and C category posts in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL). It also said representation of Scheduled Castes (SC) in Group B and C in the company was "not up to the mark". "The recruitment figures relating to SCs and STs are also quite dismal (in BPCL) being 7.7 per cent and 2.1 per cent, respectively, for the year 2019. "Likewise, the percentage of promotion to the lowest rung of Group A stands at 11.11 per cent and 5.55 per cent for SCs and STs, respectively, whereas the same is nil for promotion to Group B and C posts for SCs and STs," committ
The Chhattisgarh Assembly on Friday unanimously passed two amendment bills related to reservation in government jobs and admission in educational institutions in proportion to population of different categories, taking the total quota in the state to 76 per cent. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel tabled the Chhattisgarh Public Service (Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes Reservation) Amendment Bill and Chhattisgarh Educational Institutions (Reservation in admission) Amendment Bill, which were passed after a debate of more than five hours. As per the bills, Scheduled Tribes will get quota of 32 per cent, Other Backward Classes 27 per cent, Scheduled Caste 13 per cent, while 4 per cent has been provisioned for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in public employment and admissions in educational institutions. Answering the discussion on the bills, Baghel said the previous BJP governments could not form a Quantifiable Data Commission, which was constituted by his ...
Supreme Court upholds constitutional validity of 10% EWS quota on 'economic basis'
In a major decision ahead of the Assembly polls a few months away, the BJP government in Karnataka on Friday decided to increase the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (SC/STs) quota in the state, by seeking a Constitutional amendment. The decision has been taken by the government on the basis of the report of Justice H N Nagamohan Das Commission, which has recommended hiking the quota for SCs from 15 per cent to 17 per cent and for STs from 3 per cent to 7 per cent. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai made an announcement to this effect after chairing an all-party meeting that was attended by Congress and JD(S) leaders. Noting that it was a "long-standing and a just demand" from the communities that the reservation should be based on population, he said, "The Nagamohan Das Commission's recommendations were discussed at the all party meeting today and has been approved. Before that it was discussed within our party (BJP) where it was decided to keep up our commitment for the welfare of ...
The Social Welfare Department has been asked to provide the required assistance to the cabinet sub-committee
The central government headed by Narendra Modi is committed to protect the rights of SCs and STs, he said
A bench of Justices U U Lalit and D Y Chandrachud said the miscellaneous applications (MAs) were challenging the actions taken by the state government to implement its Reservation Act of 2018
The resolution to ratify the bill was moved in the House by Chhattisgarh Law Minister Mohammed Akbar
Amid vociferous protests from the Opposition over the contentious citizenship law, the resolution was adopted unanimously by both the assembly and the council
The reservation for these categories in the LS and the assemblies was to expire on January 25, 2020
The principle distinguishes between well-off people from the disadvantaged sections for not according the benefits of quota and presently, it applies for backward classes
The apex court also said that the benefits of quota for SC/ST would stand confined to geographical territory of a state or union terrritory