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Come elections, and the issue of reservations spills on to the streets, besides echoing in courtrooms. Behind the din, the substantive questions are often lost. This week, a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court takes up the breach of the 50 per cent ceiling on reservation in the ongoing Maratha reservation case. The specific appeal is against a judgment of the Bombay High Court that upheld the validity of the Maharashtra State Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act that provided reservation to Marathas in public and private educational institutions. The substantive question that the apex court is considering is about whether the Constitution (102nd) Amendment curtails the power of the States to extend reservation to SEBCs and if the Indra Sawhney judgment, that capped all reservation at 50 per cent, needs to be re-examined. There are several States including Haryana, Telang
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Hearing a PIL petition filed by one Ajay Kumar, a bench comprising Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Manish Mathur, on Friday, directed the government and the State Election Commission to furnish their response on the issue raised by the petitioner within 24 hours.The
Hearing a PIL petition filed by one Ajay Kumar, a bench comprising Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Manish Mathur, on Friday, directed the government and the State Election Commission to furnish their response on the issue raised by the petitioner within 24 hours.The
Jharkhand all set to reserve 75% jobs for locals in private sector
The Chief Minister, on several occasions, had hinted earlier that his government was contemplating a policy for ensuring jobs for the locals in private sector.
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren meets general public as part of ‘Janta-Darbar’ at his residence in Ranchi. (Photo | PTI) By Express News Service
RANCHI: Days after Haryana notified its policy of 75 per cent reservation in private sector industries for the domiciles of the state, the Jharkhand Cabinet on Friday approved an employment policy ensuring 75 per cent of the private sector jobs up to a salary of Rs 30,000 for local candidates only. Though there is no