Topic: Reservation
Remove 50% cap on reservations, says Nitish Kumar
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday demanded the 50% cap on reservations in the country should be removed.
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.”
Supreme Court will rule tomorrow on validity of EWS quota
The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Monday its judgement on a batch of pleas challenging the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment providing 10 per cent reservation to economically weaker sections (EWS) persons in admissions and government jobs.
EWS quota: ‘103rd amendment is fraud on Constitution,’ petitioners to Supreme Court
The law that provides the basis for reservation for economically weaker sections is a “fraud on the Constitution”, a lawyer representing a group of petitioners told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Students say FTII not filling up seats for reserved categories, stage protest
Students of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune held a protest against discrepancies in the merit list and non-implementation of reservation rules in the admission process, on Friday.
OBC reservation protest: Chandrashekhar Azad sent back at Bhopal airport
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and a dozen other Bhim Army cadres were detained by Madhya Pradesh police on Sunday ahead of their plans to organise a huge rally in Bhopal to seek 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes.
