NEW DELHI: 97% cases of atrocities against Scheduled Caste people in 2022 was reported 13 states with Uttar Pradesh on top government report under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. In 2022, out of 51,656 cases registered under the law for SCs, UP reported 12,287 cases, accounting for 23.78% of the…
NEW DELHI: While it is true that some sub-castes within scheduled castes and some tribes within scheduled tribes miss out on the benefits of reservation, a significant part of SC/ST quotas in government jobs goes unfilled every year, raising the question of whether the ‘dominant’ sub-castes and tribes are really keeping the more deprived ones…
NEW DELHI: Grievances of the most backward among Scheduled Castes of being deprived of reservation benefits by those socio-economically advanced among them dates back to the 1960s but it took the shape of a legislation for the first time in Andhra Pradesh with the enactment of AP Scheduled Castes (Rationalisation of Reservations) Act, 2000.The law…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, on Thursday, affirmed that the fundamental right to equality ensures “factual and not formal equality.” Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, in his 140-page majority judgement, stated that the Constitution empowers states to make sub-classifications within the Scheduled Castes (SCs) for quota purposes. He highlighted that classifications are permissible if different…
