Topic: EWS
“There is hardly any section in history that remained backwards for so long. But in India…”: Sukhadeo Thorat
The tall Dalit academic who was awarded the Padmashree, India's fourth highest civilian award, talks to Afsal Rahman CA, a Kerala-based journalist about reservation, caste, and the recent Supreme Court of India's verdict on the economic reservation.
DMK to move Supreme Court against EWS verdict
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has decided to file review petition in the Supreme Court of India against the Constitution Bench judgment which upheld the reservations for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS).
Supreme Court has “upper caste mindset”: Congress’s Udit Raj on EWS verdict
While the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the 10% reservation for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) was hailed by Congress, former MP and Congress leader, Udit Raj struck a discordant note. Raj has tweeted that the Supreme Court has an “upper caste mindset.”
EWS verdict deeply disappointing, great threat to minority rights: Muslim League MP
The Supreme Court order upholding reservations for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) is a deeply disappointing decision, said Indian Union Muslim League MP and party general secretary E.T Muhammed Basheer.
CM Stalin terms EWS verdict as “setback to century-old fight for social justice”
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin termed the Supreme Court order upholding reservations for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) of society as a setback to the century-old fight for social justice.
Supreme Court upholds validity of EWS reservations; CJI UU Lalit, Justice Ravindra Bhat dissent
The Supreme Court Constitution Bench has by 3:2 majority upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in education and government jobs.
