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EXTENSION TO OBC SUB-CATEGORISATION COMMISSION

EXTENSION TO OBC SUB-CATEGORISATION COMMISSION Recently Union Cabinet approved the 13th extension to the Justice Rohini Commission, to examine the sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes constituted under article 340 of the Constitution. The initial deadline to submit the report was 12 weeks by 2nd January 2018. About The commission was constituted to examine the issue of sub-categorization within Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the Central List on 2nd October 2017. In 2015 the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) recommended that OBC should be categorized into extremely backward classes, more backward classes, and backward classes. NCBC has the power to…

08 July, 2022 OBC

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102nd Amendment Act and its issues

102nd Amendment Act and its issues Introduction In the judgment that declared the Maratha reservation unconstitutional, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court dealt with another issue. By a 3:2 majority, it ruled that after the passage of the 102nd Constitution Amendment Act in 2018, the States do not have any power to identify ‘socially and educationally backward’ (SEBC) classes. The Union government argued that it was never its intention to deprive State governments of their power to identify SEBCs, but the Court interpreted the bare text of the Amendment to the effect that only the President can publish a…

09 May, 2021 OBC