SC to hear plea of Himachal Pradesh’s six disqualified MLAs challenging Speaker’s decision on March 18

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Tuesday listed on March 18, as the next date to hear six Himachal Pradesh rebel Congress leader’s plea challenging the Assembly’s Speaker’s decision to disqualify them. A bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna adjourned the matter for March 18 when the petitioners’ advocate informed the top court that … Read more

Bihar Caste Survey : 27% Backward Classes, 36% Extremely Backward Classes

New Delhi : Bihar has become the first state in India to release data from a caste-based survey. The report, released on Gandhi Jayanti, October 2, 2023, indicates that 36% of the population are from Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs), 27.1% are from Backward Classes (OBCs), 19.7% are from Scheduled Castes (SCs), and 1.7% are from … Read more

SC to hear plea on EWS reservation in Constitution Bench today

New Delhi : Constitution Bench of Supreme Court to hear petitions challenging EWS reservation today. A bench headed by Chief Justice UU Lalit will hear the matter. Earlier in the hearing on September 15, the petitioners had said that it violates the constitutional value of equality and reservation on economic grounds has never been discussed … Read more

For stopping freebies to woo voters, Supreme Court seeks Govt reply

New Delhi : The Supreme Court, while hearing a demand for de-recognition of political parties announcing freebies to woo voters during elections, asked the Centre to list states which are already indebted and if implementation of free schemes can be stopped or not. Next hearing of the case will be on August 3. The court … Read more

Supreme Court fumes at UP govt keeping 853 prisoners ‘unnecessarily’: ‘If you can’t handle it, we will’

New Delhi : The Supreme Court has reprimanded the Uttar Pradesh government in the case of 853 prisoners lodged unnecessarily in UP jails. The court told the UP government if it was not able to handle this matter, then the court could take this burden and handle the matter accordingly. The UP government had sought … Read more

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