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The Supreme Court has refused to pause a Calcutta High Court order cancelling the inclusion of 77 castes in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category by the West Bengal government.

Nitish Kumar has said that details collected as part of the caste survey, including the economic condition of households, will be tabled before the state assembly.

Bihar government on Monday released of data from a state-wide caste-based survey, which indicated that 36 per cent of the population are from Extremely Backward Classes, 27 per cent are from Backward Classes and 19 per cent are from Scheduled Castes.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court decision of accepting the report of the OBC (Other Backward Classes) Commission constituted by the state Government.

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh got relief on the issue of local bodies elections today, with the Supreme Court putting on freeze the Allahabad High court's order to hold urban bodies elections in the state by January.

UP government moved the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court order quashing its draft notification on the urban local body elections and directing the state to hold the polls without reservation for the Other Backward Classes.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reiterated that the state will give reservations to Other Backward Classes in the local bodies and would hold a survey following Supreme Court guidelines.

The Supreme Court has sought response from the Centre and others on a plea seeking directions for a caste-based census for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the upcoming Census.

The Supreme Court upheld the 10 per cent reservation introduced in 2019 for EWS in admissions and government jobs that excluded the poor among the SC, ST and OBC categories,

The Supreme Court by a majority view of 3:2 provided 10 per cent reservation to people belonging to the economically weaker sections (EWS) in admissions and government jobs, and said the quota does not violate the basic structure of the Constitution.

Strongly defending the 103rd constitutional amendment which provides for 10 per cent quota to the EWS, Attorney General K K Venugopal told a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice U U Lalit that it does not violate the basic structure of the Constitution.

Elections to local governing bodies can be held now with other Backward Castes (OBCs) quota in Maharashtra with the Supreme Court giving its nod, deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar today said the state government will approach the Supreme Court once the committee formed to collect empirical data for the OBC quota submits its report to the government next month.

The apex court said in such circumstances, the appointments of OBC candidates could not have been considered against the seats meant for the reserved category.

Merit cannot be reduced to narrow definitions of performance in an open competitive exam which only provides formal equality of opportunity, the Supreme Court said yesterday as it upheld 27 per cent OBC reservation in All India Quota seats in NEET

The Supreme Court has refused to pause a Calcutta High Court order cancelling the inclusion of 77 castes in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category by the West Bengal government.

Nitish Kumar has said that details collected as part of the caste survey, including the economic condition of households, will be tabled before the state assembly.

Bihar government on Monday released of data from a state-wide caste-based survey, which indicated that 36 per cent of the population are from Extremely Backward Classes, 27 per cent are from Backward Classes and 19 per cent are from Scheduled Castes.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court decision of accepting the report of the OBC (Other Backward Classes) Commission constituted by the state Government.

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh got relief on the issue of local bodies elections today, with the Supreme Court putting on freeze the Allahabad High court's order to hold urban bodies elections in the state by January.

UP government moved the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court order quashing its draft notification on the urban local body elections and directing the state to hold the polls without reservation for the Other Backward Classes.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reiterated that the state will give reservations to Other Backward Classes in the local bodies and would hold a survey following Supreme Court guidelines.

The Supreme Court has sought response from the Centre and others on a plea seeking directions for a caste-based census for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the upcoming Census.

The Supreme Court upheld the 10 per cent reservation introduced in 2019 for EWS in admissions and government jobs that excluded the poor among the SC, ST and OBC categories,

The Supreme Court by a majority view of 3:2 provided 10 per cent reservation to people belonging to the economically weaker sections (EWS) in admissions and government jobs, and said the quota does not violate the basic structure of the Constitution.

Strongly defending the 103rd constitutional amendment which provides for 10 per cent quota to the EWS, Attorney General K K Venugopal told a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice U U Lalit that it does not violate the basic structure of the Constitution.

Elections to local governing bodies can be held now with other Backward Castes (OBCs) quota in Maharashtra with the Supreme Court giving its nod, deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar today said the state government will approach the Supreme Court once the committee formed to collect empirical data for the OBC quota submits its report to the government next month.

The apex court said in such circumstances, the appointments of OBC candidates could not have been considered against the seats meant for the reserved category.

Merit cannot be reduced to narrow definitions of performance in an open competitive exam which only provides formal equality of opportunity, the Supreme Court said yesterday as it upheld 27 per cent OBC reservation in All India Quota seats in NEET