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The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict in a case involving questions on the legality of sub-classifying reserved category groups, namely the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

The Bombay High Courts full bench observed that when a Magistrate is conducting a mandatory inquiry under Section 202(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) before summoning an accused who lives...

Shortlisted for post vacant since nearly 2 years, as SC judge, Justice Khanwilkar was part of orders decriminalising homosexuality, clearing strict provisions of PMLA and FCRA, and upholding SIT clean chit to Gujarat govt for 2002 riots.

A Congress govt headed by Giani Zail Singh set aside 50% of the SC quota for Valmikis and Mazhabi Sikhs in 1975; AAP govt that is in power now has argued in SC that "it is no longer about advantaged, disadvantaged but about disadvantaged, more disadvantaged"

The Supreme Court Constitution Bench on Tuesday (February 7) while hearing on the validity of subclassifications within SC/STs deliberated upon the notion of homogeneity of class and what Article 341...

The court asked whether children of civil service officers from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes should continue availing reservation.

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the curative pleas filed against its 2013 ruling recriminalising homosexuality between consenting adults has been rendered infructuous as a result of the judgment in Navtej Singh Johar versus Union of ...

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States have argued that despite reservation, some castes are grossly underrepresented in comparison with the so-called dominant Scheduled Castes. They want to create a separate quota for such castes within the SC quota.

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgment on the question whether a sub-classification is permissible within the scheduled castes (SCs) and scheduled tribes (STs) for providing benefits of affirmative action.A 7-judge Constitution ...