SynopsisThe Maratha community should get reservation, but it should be done without disturbing the existing quota of other communities, the senior NCP leader said.Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday said there is a need to remove the Supreme Court-mandated 50 per cent cap on quota so that…Continue Reading
File photo for representationNEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it supports the decision to reserve seats for Other Backward Communities (OBCs) in panchayat and municipal elections, but also added that it cannot provide state governments with the 2011 Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data as it is “flawed, inaccurate and unreliable”…Continue Reading
The day has come to do away with the allotment of public properties and plots under discretionary quota as it leads to “corruption, nepotism and favouritism”, the Supreme Court observed on Saturday, advocating their distribution largely through auctions. The Supreme Court made the observation while setting aside an order of the Orissa High Court closing…Continue Reading