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A press release issued by Raj Bhavan, said "the proposed amendment would amount to withdrawing the protection against forceful or inappropriate religious conversions, particularly in case of Jains and Buddhists". The release cited large scale protests from different religious and social organisations, especially from the Jain and Christian ...
[3] The court further held that the reservation for the EWS is a legitimate means to achieve the goal of providing equal opportunities and social justice to all sections of society. It recognized that economic inequality and poverty can also be a form of social disadvantage and that the reservation for the EWS is a step towards addressing this ...
The case was pressed again in 1999 and the supreme court reaffirmed the creamy layer exclusion and extended it to SCs and STs. [8] General Manager Southern Railway v. Rangachari AIR 1962 SC 36, State of Punjab v. Hiralal 1970(3) SCC 567: A divided court held that reservations could be made in promotions as well as appointments.
A POCSO case was registered, and the seer was house-arrested from Bankhapura town and brought for questioning on the Mutt's premises. The seer proclaimed that he would settle if the girls confessed to a false accusation or would fight the case legally. The seer dubbed the matter a "big conspiracy against him, and the truth will be revealed soon."
In India, a number of political positions and university posts are held for specific groups of the population, including Scheduled Castes(SC) and Scheduled Tribes(ST), and women in some cases. There are reserved constituencies in both Parliamentary and State Assembly elections.
[18] [3] In April 2013, The Hindu, on Kesvananda ' s 40th anniversary, noted that the case saved Indian democracy [19] and thanked Shri Kesavananda Bharati and jurist Nanabhoy Palkhivala for the same. [12] [20] The case was heard by the largest Constitution bench and holds the record for the longest hearing with all 13 judges hearing the case ...
A matha (/mʌt/; Sanskrit: मठ, maṭha), also written as math, muth, mutth, mutt, or mut, is a Sanskrit word that means 'institute or college', and it also refers to a monastery in Hinduism. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] An alternative term for such a monastery is adheenam . [ 3 ]
(2002) [1] in which the question was whether an aggrieved person is entitled to any relief against the final judgement or order of the Supreme Court after the dismissal of a review petition. [2] The Supreme Court held that to prevent abuse of its process and to cure gross miscarriage of justice , it may reconsider its judgements in exercise of ...