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The Kerala High Court was hearing a plea of a candidate against the tribunal order.

Why Kerala High Court refused to stop state public service commission from filling vacancy 'lost' decades ago

February 02, 2026 6:40 pm

While upholding the tribinal decision, the Kerala High Court said that the Kerala Public Service Commission actions were in accordance with the established rotation and compensation rules.

On the issue of “double benefit”, the Supreme Court observed that a reserved category candidate who qualifies for the open category on merit does not draw upon reservation benefits at that stage.

Rajasthan court staff hiring case: General category posts open to all candidates based on merit, says Supreme Court

December 29, 2025 3:26 pm

Supreme Court Judgement on General Category Recruitment: Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih in a case over the court staff recruitment in Rajasthan said the general category is not a quota but a pool of vacancies available to all irrespective of social classification.

The Karnataka High Court also clarified that all appointments made through these ongoing recruitments will be subject to the final outcome of the petitions challenging the law

Karnataka HC restricts fresh recruitment under state's enhanced SC/ST quota law

December 03, 2025 9:19 am

However, the HC bench allowed the government to continue recruitment processes already notified before November 19, 2025, even if they follow the increased reservation percentages.

A legal cap, a political promise, and the tribal future of Andhra Pradesh

May 16, 2025 9:49 am

Recent protests for 100 per cent reservation for tribal communities in schools located in scheduled areas underscore a deeper crisis of representation, legal parity, and political accountability in India’s tribal education policy

Can Mandal and Kamandal go together? The logic behind caste census announcement

May 05, 2025 12:12 pm

Contrary to the conventional political wisdom, politics of caste and politics of Hindutva, far from being necessarily antithetical, can blend under appropriate circumstances

Yogendra Yadav writes: It's time for reservation in private universities

April 08, 2025 7:39 am

The legal, constitutional mechanisms are available — what’s needed is political will

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To offset caste tensions, Beed SP asks police to avoid using surnames

March 15, 2025 7:48 am

The directives have been issued by Beed Superintendent of Police Navneet Kanwat, who took charge in January this year following protests over the murder of Massajog sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh in December last year.

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on February 28, 1985.

February 28, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Anti-quota Stir

February 28, 2025 10:54 am

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on February 28, 1985.

The Supreme Court is also currently considering whether OBC reservations can be provided to a religious group as a whole.

How Supreme Court, govt have attempted to define importance of religion in SC & OBC reservations

December 17, 2024 6:59 am

The recognition of a religious community, such as Muslims, as OBC beneficiaries based on religion has led to contentious debates. Whether Scheduled Caste religious converts are eligible for reservation is another issue that has been challenged in court.