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Why BJP-led Maharashtra government is pushing for SC sub-classification | Political Pulse News

Why BJP-led Maharashtra government is pushing for SC sub-classification | Political Pulse News

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Earlier this week, the BJP-led Mahayuti government set up a new committee to examine the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes (SCs). The move likely stems from three converging factors: a Supreme Court ruling that enabled the move, long-standing concerns over unequal access to reservation benefits within Dalit communities, and a political imperative shaped by Dalit voting patterns after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which saw the party’s tally dip to nine from 23 in 2019. The Devendra Fadnavis Cabinet on Wednesday announced a new committee, led by Chief Secretary Rajesh Agrawal, to examine representations on the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes (SCs). The panel has been asked to submit its report within a month. The move follows the submission of a report by an earlier committee headed by retired judge Anant Manohar Badar. This panel was constituted after a 2024 Supreme Court ruling that permitted states to create sub-categories within SC reservations. The Badar committee, appointed in October 2024 by the then Eknath Shinde-led government days before the Assembly elections, was tasked with preparing a draft framework …

In rural Haryana, the conundrum of Dalits goes beyond classification | Latest News India

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On its best day, Kharkhoda is a shadow of its bigger cousin Sonepat. The hamlet of 40,000-odd people is a frustrating mess of cratered lanes where overloaded auto-rickshaws manoeuvre at unimaginable speeds round impossible corners, sometimes grazing the wares and vegetables displayed on either side of the road. The cacophony has only gotten sharper over the past month as street-corner canvassing has taken up whatever little space was left in this dense hamlet, and motorbike rallies are zipping through its grandly named but shabby looking chowks. Terrorised by the violence perpetrated by Jat mobs, scores of Dalit families spent the better part of the next decade on the streets. (HT achives) Ramesh Kumar, though, is untouched by the frenzy. The municipal worker knows the underbelly of Kharkhoda, cleaning sewers that drain the bile of the city. He isn’t moved by the lofty promises to attract voters in this constituency reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC). On his mind is a better life for his children, away from the foul darkness of the drains where he is …

Scheduled Caste sub-classification judgment: Supreme Court rejects review pleas

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The Supreme Court has dismissed a batch of pleas requesting review of its judgment which held that states are empowered constitutionally to make sub-classifications within the Scheduled Caste (SC) category for granting reservation, reported PTI. According to PTI, a seven-judge bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath, Bela Trivedi, Pankaj Mithal, Manoj Misra and Satish Chandra Sharma said there is no error apparent on the face of the record. The apex court also rejected the applications for filing the review petitions in open court. Justice Trivedi, who had written a separate opposing the judgment in the case, was also part of the seven-judge bench which rejected the petitions requesting a review of the majority verdict, PTI reported. “Having perused the review petitions, there is no error apparent on the face of the record. No case for review under Order XLVII Rule 1 of the Supreme Court Rules 2013 has been established. The review petitions are, therefore, dismissed,” the order dated September 24, which was uploaded on Friday, October 4, said. …