‘He is only a Muslim and that’s all’: Madras High Court strikes down Tamil Nadu order allowing convert to retain reservation under BCM category

The Madras High Court on Friday, struck down a Tamil Nadu government order that allowed people from Backward Classes (BC), Most Backward Classes (MBC), Denotified Communities (DNC) and Scheduled Castes (SC) who converted to Islam to continue receiving reservation benefits under the Backward Class Muslim (BCM) category.A division bench of Justices GR Swaminathan and PB…

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‘If both parents are IAS officers, why reservation?’ Supreme Court questions quota for creamy layer | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the continued grant of reservation benefits to children of economically and educationally advanced families within backward classes, observing that social mobility comes with empowerment and that reservation cannot continue indefinitely for such sections.A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing a plea challenging a…

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District min inaugrates post-matric hostel for boys in city | Mangaluru News

Hemalatha BS, deputy director, social welfare department, interacts with district minister Dinesh Gundu Rao during the inauguration of the Dr BR Ambedkar Government Post-Matric Boys’ Hostel in Mangaluru on Friday Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district minister Dinesh Gundu Rao inaugurated the Dr BR Ambedkar Government Post-Matric Boys’ Hostel, with a capacity of 100 students near Kadri…

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