Topic: Reservation

More than 500 persons including parliamentarians, research scholars, and Dalit, OBC activists have expressed their strong displeasure at the non-implementation of Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation in the allocation of all-India seats to medical courses through National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).

The petition states that in the last few years, the Government of India has denied reservations to persons belonging to the OBC category, both in PG/UG medical seats under AIQ. Thus, they are denied 3000 seats every year which are transferred to General Category.

The Mukesh Kumar vs. Uttarakhand Government case in which Supreme Court ruled that reservation is not a fundamental right could spell well beyond normal logic and can have serious ramifications in the future, unless it is corrected at the highest court of justice. However, SC asserted that state government can promulgate an ordinance to make a reservation a fundamental right.

A nationwide shutdown has been called by several tribal and Dalit groups on Tuesday despite the February 13 ruling by the Supreme Court to stay eviction of 10 lakhs tribals and other forest dwellers.

Modi's mantra is exit of backwards, development of industrialist friends, Rahul tweets

The 10% quota to the economically backward among the upper castes is the first step to end caste-based reservations, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said on Tuesday.