Context The jurisprudence of reservation relies on the symbiotic coexistence of constitutionally guaranteed equality of opportunity in public employment under Article 16 (1) of the Constitution of India and classifications thereunder various clauses of the same article, especially Article 16(4) …
Context Recently, the Supreme Court observed that economic criterion cannot be the sole basis for identifying the ‘creamy layer’ of a backward class, and that other factors like social advancement, education, employment, too, matter. The judgment came on a writ …
Background In May, a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court struck down the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018 which extended reservation to the Maratha community in public education and employment in excess …
NEWS Bihar government recently announced 33% horizontal reservation for women in State engineering and medical colleges. CONTEXT There are two types of reservations – Horizontal reservation and Vertical reservation. Reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes …