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Petition alleges that reservation policy suffers from serious constitutional and legal infirmities and needs to be replaced by rational policy of affirmative action
Sunday , 29 April '07
The Supreme Court’s March 27 stay order on reservations for OBCs has provoked DMK supremo Karunanidhi to question how two or three judges could rule against the wishes of the majority of people.Saturday , 28 April '07
As agreed at the meeting of UPA allies yesterday, the government today sent a directive to all Central higher educational institutes, asking them to go ahead with admissions, minus the OBC quotas for the time being.Saturday , 28 April '07
Following government clearance, the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, on Friday evening put out a list of 330 candidates selected against the 240 seats available for the 2007-09 postgraduate programme.Saturday , 28 April '07
Physically challenged persons, who qualify for the civil services as per standards prescribed for non-disabled candidates, will now be counted outside the quota fixed for the category.Saturday , 28 April '07
When the Centre goes to the Supreme Court on May 8 for an early hearing in the OBC quota case, it will face the same bench that stayed the law on May 29 and declined to vacate that stay: the two-judge bench of Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice L S Panta, sources told The Indian Express.Friday , 27 April '07
Court hasn’t quashed quotas. So big parties especially should think a bit before asking for a fight
Friday , 27 April '07
The quota controversy between the courts and Parliament is no less important than the property and parliamentary sovereignty controversies of the Nehru and Mrs Gandhi eras. Battle lines have been drawnFriday , 27 April '07
With the Supreme Court advancing hearing on the quota law to May 8, the Government and its allies today unanimously agreed to let IIMs, IITs...Thursday , 26 April '07
While the Government today endorsed the IIMs’ plan to bring out two admission lists in view of the Supreme Court stay on the law providing 27 per cent reservation to OBCs in higher education institutionsWednesday , 25 April '07
Urging the Centre to take steps to ensure that the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in elite educational institutions is implementedWednesday , 25 April '07
CJI’s firm reminder to petitioners: “I have to decide. You cannot dictate terms... You may give a speech elsewhere.”Tuesday , 24 April '07
Parties should understand that court’s ruling is against official expediency, not reservationsTuesday , 24 April '07
DMK, a key constituent of the ruling UPA at the Centre, today demanded immediate summoning of Parliament to protect the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs...Tuesday , 24 April '07
The IIM Alumni Association today filed a petition in Supreme Court, contesting the “arm-twisting” adopted by the HRD Ministry in getting the Centre’s quota policy implemented at institutes of excellence.
Tuesday , 24 April '07
Blocking Government plans to implement 27 per cent OBC reservation in higher education institutions from this year, the Supreme Court today declined to vacate the stay on quota it ordered on March 29.Tuesday , 24 April '07
In a clear signal that the Government is determined to challenge the stay order on OBC quotas delivered by the two-judge bench of the Supreme Court...Saturday , 21 April '07
The Indian Institutes of Management had said they would announce their merit list on April 21 since they couldn’t keep admissions on hold just because the Government..Friday , 20 April '07
Inequality exists even among OBCs, in terms of concentration of expenditure/income, land holding and formal education, which goes to validate the observation that reservations based solely on caste consideration would involve treatment of unequals as equals. Therefore, under the guise of the OBC quota, many dominant well endowed castes of India would get benefitsThursday , 19 April '07
With the Supreme Court today making clear that it will only hear on April 23 the Government application seeking vacation of its stay on implementation of 27 per cent OBC reservation in institutes of higher education...
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