No mention of economic backwardness for reservation in Constitution: Karnataka LoP on SC's verdict on EWS quota

Nov 08, 2022

Former chief minister and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Siddaramaiah remarked on the 3:2 split verdict of the Supreme Court in the Constitutions 103rd Amendment...

Bihar polls: Congress releases 'Resolution for Extremely Backward Class Justice', lists 10 "concrete" points

Sep 24, 2025

Gandhi outlined the 10 concrete resolutions, including increasing reservations in Panchayat and municipal bodies from 20 per cent to 30 per cent and implementing...

Supreme Court upholds 10 per cent quota for economically weaker sections in 3:2 split verdict

Nov 07, 2022

The Supreme Court in a majority judgment on Monday upheld the validity of the Constitution's 103rd Amendment Act 2019, which provides for 10 per...

EWS reservations: Constitution bench led by CJI to hear review petitions challenging earlier SC verdict on May 9

May 04, 2023

Last year in November, the five-judge Constitution bench by a majority of 3:2 upheld the validity of the Constitution's 103rd Amendment Act which provides...

BJP has phobia of Gandhi-Nehru: Congress' Sukhdeo Bhagat on BJP criticising Karnataka housing scheme quota

Jun 20, 2025

Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party for criticising Karnataka Government's decision to raise minority reservations in housing schemes from 10 per cent to 15 per...

Supreme Court strikes down domicile-based reservations in PG medical admissions

Jan 29, 2025

The Supreme Court, in a far-reaching judgement on Wednesday, ruled that domicile-based reservations in postgraduate (PG) medical courses are impermissible and declared them unconstitutional...