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Representative image MUMBAI: Days after the Supreme Court struck down the legislation to provide reservation to Marathas in education and jobs, a state cabinet sub-committee headed by public works minister Ashok Chavan on Saturday decided to set up a seven-member high-level committee headed by a retired judge of the high court to study the apex court verdict and make recommendations. “We are in the process of appointing a committee of experts. The committee will study and analyse the Supreme Court verdict. We expect the committee to guide us on options before the government within 15 days....

May 06, 2021, 12:10 IST The 102nd Constitution Amendment Act of 2018 inserted Articles 338B, which deals with the structure, duties and powers of the NCBC, and 342A which deals with the power of the President to notify a particular caste as SEBC and the power of Parliament to change the list. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that it is the Central government alone which is empowered to identify castes under the Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) and include them in a list to be published under Article 342A (1), specifying SEBCs in relation to each State ...

New Delhi, May 5 The Supreme Court today declared unconstitutional the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018, that gave reservation to the Maratha community in government jobs and education, saying it breached the 50 per cent ceiling fixed by a nine-judge Constitution Bench in the Mandal case. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan held that there were no extraordinary circumstances to give reservation to the Maratha community beyond the ceiling prescribed in the Indra Sawhney vs Union of India, popularly known ...

Representative Image NEW DELHI: In a major setback for the Maharashtra government, the SC on Wednesday declared the state law to grant reservation to Marathas as unconstitutional and held that the community is not socially and educationally backward to be eligible to be brought within the ambit of affirmative action. A Constitution bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, L Nageswara Rao, S Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta and S Ravindra Bhat was unanimous in its view on the unconstitutionality of the law and quashed it on various grounds, which include breaching of the 50% quota rule. It rued that even a...

Urdu Bulletin: Mamata's oath-taking ceremony, COVID situation reported ANI | Updated: May 06, 2021 11:50 IST New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's oath-taking ceremony, for the third consecutive term, was highlighted by several Urdu publications in their Wednesday editions. Most of these publications also carried reports related to the COVID-19 situation in the country. Rashtriya Sahara: The newspaper carried the news of the oath-taking ceremony of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the third consecutiv...