supreme court ruling

The recent Supreme Court ruling that reservations cannot be granted based on religion is a reaffirmation of India’s commitment to secularism and equality. This decision came in response to the West Bengal government’s plea challenging the Calcutta High Court’s decision to quash the Other Backward Class (OBC) status of 77 communities, primarily Muslim. The state […]

The Central Information Commission has said the 1993 Supreme Court order allowing remuneration to imams in mosques violates the Constitution. Making a strong remark against the SC ruling, CIC also said that the policy of ‘giving special benefits’ to Muslim community encouraged ‘fissiparous tendencies’ among a section leading to the partition of India. In 1993, […]