Pursuant to the Supreme Court’s order dated September 2, 2024, Jamiat Ulama I Hind has filed its suggestions for the framing of pan-India guidelines to address the issue of demolition/bulldozer actions against houses of persons accused of crimes. Debby Jain […]
The Supreme Court has criticized the bulldozer action on the houses of criminals, calling it ‘bulldozer justice’. The court has ensured that it will issue guidelines on this. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has criticized the government on this issue and […]
A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy, Sudhanshu Dhulia and S V N Bhatti said the High Court could not have fixed minimum cut off marks of 40% for interview by a full court resolution in 2015 without amending the Manipur […]
The state’s highest court ruled that a parent’s challenge to a policy protecting student privacy was invalid. Ryan Adamczeski The New Hampshire Supreme Court has upheld a school district policy protecting transgender students’ right to privacy. The policy from the […]
Indian jurisprudence on reservations has traditionally taken a narrow view, often framing special provisions as exceptions to the equality code (Articles 14, 15(1), and 16(1)) or merely enabling provisions and not as its integral element. This approach has led to […]
It may be true that certain Scheduled Castes have benefitted more, but there are several problems with the usage of words such as ‘appropriation’ or ‘cornering’, because it criminalises those SCs who, despite various odds, managed to obtain visible benefits […]
The Supreme Court,s judgement on 1st August 2024 by 7 judge constitution bench in a 6:1 majority judgement on state of Punjab v. Davindra Singh, allowed states for sub-classification of scheduled castes for purpose of reservation in jobs and education […]
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday ruled that insulting or humiliating an individual belonging to the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe community without insinuating about his caste, tribe or the concept of untouchability would not be an offence under the […]
The sub-classification within the reserved categories will help provide representation to hitherto underrepresented groups, says Mohammed Raees. Written by:Balakrishna Ganeshan Edited by:Binu Karunakaran The Supreme Court in a landmark judgement recently upheld the state governments’ power to create sub-classification within […]
The recent Supreme Court judgment on the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes has sparked a nationwide debate. This discussion touches upon a sensitive issue: whether or not it is justified to create further divisions within a community that has already faced […]
