HC gives nod to EFLU recruitments
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Telangana High Court on Wednesday gave green signal to English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) to go ahead with the recruitment of persons to different posts for which it had issued notification in year 2020.
A bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy, however, instructed EFLU not to announce results till further orders.
EFLU had moved the HC challenging the order issued by National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) to stop the recruitment.
The NCBC gave the orders following a petition filed by Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Dasoju Sravan Kumar.
Bench to await judgment in Maratha quota case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred hearing a challenge to the Tamil Nadu reservation law, which allows 69% quota in State government jobs and educational institutions.
A Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy decided to wait till a Constitution Bench pronounces its judgment in the Maratha quota case.
The five-judge Constitution Bench, also led by Justice Bhushan, is scheduled from March 8 to examine the validity of the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act of 2018. By including the Maratha community for quota benefits, the Maharashtra law, like Tamil Nadu’s legislation, has crossed the 50% ceiling limit and touched 65%.
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The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea seeking directions to the central government to conduct a caste-based census this year to collect data on the Other Backward Classes,
Live Law reported. A bench of Chief Justice Bobe and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian issued notice to the Centre and National Commission for Backward Classes.
The court was hearing a plea filed by Telangana-based social activist G Mallesh Yadav, who contended that a caste census was a “vital necessity” for the betterment of Other Backward Classes, a vast collection of castes that make up over half the country’s population.
SC issues notice on plea seeking caste-based census required to provide adequate OBC reservations
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The proforma for the 2021 census has been announced, the petition said. It has 32 columns, which seek details of SCs, STs and religions such as Hindu, Muslim, Christian etc but no such proforma has been provided for the OBCs, the plea said.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the central government on a petition seeking to have a caste-based census in the country, a move it said would address the lack of data needed to provide adequate reservations in jobs and admissions to the other backward classes (OBCs).
Supreme Court seeks government’s response on plea for caste census of backward classes
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Petitioners says quota benefits taken by forward castes, creamy layer
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Petitioners says quota benefits taken by forward castes, creamy layer
The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the government on a petition to hold a caste-wise census of backward classes in 2021.
A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde issued notice to the Centre and Chairman of the National Commission for Backward Classes on a petition filed by G. Mallesh Yadav, from Telangana, and Alla Ramakrishna, a resident of Andhra Pradesh, for a national census on the basis of caste to identify and uplift the really backward among them.