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OBC reservation to Christian Nadar in Kerala to stay Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The reservation in government jobs provided to Christian Nadar community recently by including them in the State OBC list would remain unchanged as the Supreme Court has upheld the State governments right to modify the Other Backward Classes (OBC) list for providing reservation in employment to State services. Those at the Kerala State Commission for Backward Classes arrived at the conclusion after reviewin...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Sarma Assigns Portfolios To 13 Ministers Assam Chief Minister Himanta Sarma Assigns Portfolios To 13 Ministers Himanta Biswa Sarma was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Assam on Monday New Assam Chief Minister Himanta Sarma has given himself Home but assigned away Health (File) Guwahati: New Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma assigned portfolios to his cabinet on Tuesday, a day after he was sworn in. Mr Sarma retained PWD from the last term, as also H...

OBC quota for Christian Nadars to continue Updated: Updated: Decision after evaluating the SC order in Maratha Reservation Case Share Article Decision after evaluating the SC order in Maratha Reservation Case The reservation in government jobs provided to the Christian Nadar community recently by including them on the Other Backward Classes (OBC) list of the State would remain unchanged as the Supreme Court has upheld the State governments’ right to modify the list for providing reservation ...

The next attempt by the State Government to reverse these consistent findings was with the appointment of one more committee chaired by Shri Narayan Rane, then a sitting Minister. This resulted in a report dated February 26, 2014 which recommended Maratha community be granted special reservation in education (Article 15(4)) and in employment under the State (Article 16(4)). The Rane Committee report led to the two 2014 Ordinances which were eventually converted into Act I of 2015 providing 16 p...

ANI File Photo Days after the Supreme Court struck down the Maratha reservation, Maharashtra Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray along with few other leaders from the MVA allies is set to meet governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari today to discuss the issue. Thackeray will be accompanied by deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, Maratha reservation cabinet sub-committee head Ashok Chavan, home minister Dilip Walse Patil and revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat. The delegation will meet the governor at 5 pm at Ra...

List of Newly Elected... List of Newly Elected Assam Cabinet Ministers & Their Ministries, Ajanta Neog Becomes 1st Woman Finance Minister of Assam The portfolio of the 13 MLA from the Himanta Biswa Sarmas cabinet has been announced, here is the list Guwahati: Ajanta Neog Becomes 1st Woman Finance Minister of Assam, Check the Full List of State Cabinet Ministers & Their portfolios. The following are Assam govt ministers portfolio distribution. 1. Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma: Home, Personnel, PWD & ...

Quotas remain a source of debate and restlessness. Some states continue to push against the 50 per cent cap on reservations barring exceptional circumstances decided upon in 1992, arguing that the cap is arbitrary while emphasizing the exceptional circumstances of the socially and economically backward group requiring reservations. Neither of these arguments proved effective when the Supreme Court quashed Maharashtra’s 2018 law allowing reservations for Marathas in educational institutions an...

Explained: Supreme Court Judgement That Only Centre, Not States, Can Grant Backward Class Status To Groups by Swarajya Staff - May 10, 2021 01:47 PM The Supreme Court of India. (Wikimedia Commons) Snapshot The 102nd Constitutional Amendment Act makes the process of identifying the backward classes the same as that for SCs and STs. Four days ago, in the Maratha reservation case, the Supreme Court of India (SC) passed a ruling on another important matter — the 102nd Constitutional Amendment...

TDP chief condemns murder of party activist in Kurnool district TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu has alleged that the State government is working with an “ulterior motive of eliminating the TDP activists for questioning the rampant corruption in the State.” In a statement on Sunday, Mr. Naidu alleged that Srinivasulu, a party activist at Nidjuru in Kurnool district, was murdered for not supporting the YSRCP in the recent local body elections. “How can he be killed for not exten...

What was the Supreme Court’s opinion on the debate around the 102nd Constitution Amendment?