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Arbitrary and exclusionary: On EWS quota

Even if EWS quota is upheld, eligibility will have to be properly defined

What’s wrong in using economic criteria for reservation, asks Supreme Court

What’s wrong in using economic criteria for reservation, asks Supreme Court

103rd Amendment, by excluding Backward Classes from the EWS quota, betrays intent to serve as a quota for middle class members of the forward castes, argue petitioners

EWS quota an affront to equal society, say petitioners

EWS quota an affront to equal society, say petitioners

It stops people from freeing themselves from shackles of caste and religion, say petitioners in Supreme Court

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EWS quota | 103rd amendment was a fraud on Constitution, petitioners tell Supreme Court

During the argument in Supreme Court, lawyer says reservation cannot be implemented as poverty alleviation programme

Society for the Rights of Backward Communities demands to declare EWS quota unconstitutional

V. Rathinasabapathy, President of SFRBC, told the presspersons that the Supreme Court in its earlier Orders has said that reservation cannot be interpreted as a poverty alleviation measure.

Supreme Court fixes three key questions for examining EWS quota

The three issues include whether the amendment breaches the Basic Structure by permitting the State to make special provisions, including reservation, based on economic criteria.

Does EWS quota violate Basic Structure? Constitution Bench asks Union, States, parties to ‘crystallise’ their thoughts by Thursday

Economic reservation was introduced in the Constitution by amending Articles 15 and 16 and adding clauses empowering the State governments to provide reservation on the basis of economic backwardness

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Explained | What is India’s policy on the Rohingya?

Explained | What is India’s policy on the Rohingya?

Can refugees who feel threatened in their home nation be deported? What are the government’s obligations?

Kejriwal distributing freebies to Rohingyas, ready to compromise on national security, alleges BJP

Kejriwal distributing freebies to Rohingyas, ready to compromise on national security, alleges BJP

The BJP and the AAP have been engaged in a war of words on the issue of shifting Rohingya Muslims to flats

No 10% Economically Weaker Sections quota this year too in Karnataka

No 10% Economically Weaker Sections quota this year too in Karnataka

The State Cabinet resolved to implement EWS quota in education and employment in July 2021, but the govt. is yet to frame rules

‘RSS’ links, ‘friends’ in high places: The trouble with IIMC’s recent recruitment of professors

‘RSS’ links, ‘friends’ in high places: The trouble with IIMC’s recent recruitment of professors

In January last year, the Indian Institute of Mass Communication announced the recruitment of six associate professors and two assistant professors.

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