News Update IA filed for horizontal reservation instead of inclusion under OBC category for transgenders persons in Karnataka HC 10 Nov 2020 An Interim Application (IA) was filed by a public charitable Trust working for the welfare of transgender persons named Jeeva in the case (Sangama v. State of Karnataka) against non-inclusion…
News Update Karnataka government gives nod to proposal to include Transgender in OBC category for the purpose of recruitment. 3 Oct 2020 A notification was issued by the Director of the Karnataka State Police about the vacancies for 'men' and 'women' for filling up 2,467 posts. This notification included the specification about…
News Update State govt. had no power to mandate 25% domicile reservation in NLSIU: Karnataka HC 3 Oct 20203 Oct 2020 A division bench of Justices B V Nagathrama and Ravi V Hosmani of the Karnataka High Court have invalidated the 25% reservation mandate for admitting domicile students in the National…
News Update SC referred Maratha reservation issue to larger bench 10 Sep 202010 Sep 2020 A three-judge bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta, and S. Ravindra Bhat were hearing the matter which pertains to the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act 2018, introduced…
News Update NLAT for NLSIU Admissions 2020: Instructions for PWD candidates released 7 Sep 2020 The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Bengaluru has notified instructions for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) who are writing the National Law Aptitude Test (NLAT) for NLSIU admissions this year.…
News Update Article 15(6) is Only an Enabling Provision: Kerala High Court 14 Aug 2020 A Kerala High Court bench comprising Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly dismissed a PIL seeking direction to earmark 10% quota for economically weaker section students, who…
News Update ‘All days auspicious’: Bombay HC tells devout Jains while rejecting plea to visit temple during ‘Paryushan’ 14 Aug 2020 Observing that spirituality comes from within and all days are auspicious, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to order the Maharashtra government to open Jain temples for 'Paryushan', a…
News Update Bar Council Of India moves Karnataka High Court challenging 25% domicile reservation at NLSIU Bangalore 12 Aug 202012 Aug 2020 The Bar Council of India (BCI) has moved a petition before the Karnataka High Court challenging the 25% domicile reservation introduced at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU),…
News Update SC refers upper caste reservation amendment issue to 5-judge constitution bench 6 Aug 2020 A petition was filed by NGO- Janhit Abhiyan, Youth for Equality and others, argument has been presented that economic classification cannot be the sole basis for reservation.The Centre's point of…
News Update Maratha Reservation: Day to Day Hearings from July 27 15 Jul 2020 A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice L. Nageswara Rao while hearing a plea challenging the Bombay High Court order which upheld the SEBC Act, 2018, informed the counsels that…
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