Departing from the consensus arrived at in the Cabinet, the Centre today told the Supreme Court that it was willing to keep the “creamy layer” out of the 27% quota...

Monday , 6 August '07
With the Supreme Court’s stay on the 27 per cent OBC quota law likely to come up for a review on Tuesday, the GovernmentSaturday , 4 August '07
It’s official, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan will head the larger Bench scheduled to decide the constitutional validity of the Act providing 27 per cent reservation to OBCs in higher educational institutions.Friday , 27 July '07
A Five-Judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will commence hearing from August 7 to examine the constitutional validity of the Central Educational Institutions...Wednesday , 18 July '07
Despite the urgency and keenness shown by the Centre to provide for 27 per cent reservations in higher educational institutions from this yearTuesday , 17 July '07
The Centre on Monday moved an application before the Supreme Court seeking to vacate its order staying the implementation of 27 per cent quota for OBCs in elite educational institutions.Monday , 16 July '07
As government industry talk on quotas, thinking must become more sophisticatedSaturday , 14 July '07
With apex chambers not reaching a consensus on issues related to increasing SC/ST representation in the private sector through affirmative actionTuesday , 19 June '07
The Supreme Court today cautioned Pune-based Symbiosis University against implementing 27 per cent OBC reservation from this year.Tuesday , 5 June '07
Despite resistance from the BJP and doubts expressed by his own partyThursday , 31 May '07
IIT-Bombay and other IITs will continue with last year's admission policy and not include the OBC quota this year. “We have received...Sunday , 27 May '07
Institute reserves 7% OBC seats this year (235 candidates), will reach 27% target by 2009-2010; 825 OBC applications already in for PG coursesSaturday , 19 May '07
A former Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court and now a Congress MP from Chitradurga in Karnataka, Justice H Y Hanumanthappa today added a twist to the debate on reservation for OBCs in institutions of higher education.
Friday , 18 May '07
Saying there was a need to examine whether the Government had unbridled powers to evolve reservation policies without restrictionFriday , 11 May '07
A comlilation of questions, which are likely to be considered if the issue of 27 per cent quota for OBCs in elite educational institutions was referred to a Constitution Bench, was furnished before the Supreme Court today.Thursday , 10 May '07
The SC on Wednesday reserved its order for referring petitions against 27 per cent quota for OBCs in higher educational institutions to a Constitution Bench.Wednesday , 9 May '07
Making clear that it was not averse to the Centre’s demand for referring the matter of 27 per cent OBC reservation in higher education institutions to a Constitution BenchTuesday , 8 May '07
The Govt will present its case before the Bench, which had stayed implementation of the statute for the current session and dismissed the Centre’s application seeking modification of the orderTuesday , 8 May '07
At a time when the Centre and Supreme Court have locked horns over who constitute the OBC and just how many of them are there in the country, only 13 states have got back to the Centre with data on their OBC population.Friday , 4 May '07
The Rashtriya Janta Dal moved the Supreme Court seeking to implead itself in a case wherein the statute providing 27 per cent reservation to the OBCs in higher educational institutions has been challenged.