Mumbai: Bombay High Court recently asked the state govt to form a committee to consider allowing applicants to provide details of their mother's social status on the ‘Aaple Sarkar' portal for ...

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to form a committee to examine whether individuals can provide details of their mother’s caste or social status on the ‘Aaple ...

Children of single mothers from other backward classes should be entitled to OBC certificates irrespective of the parents’ marital status, the Centre has told the Supreme Court, adding that it was for ...

Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court agreed to examine whether children of single mothers belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) are entitled to community certificates that would enable them to access ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government has given its nod to conduct a caste census in the upcoming national enumeration. With this decision, citizens will be counted not just by ...

Chennai: The issue of legal validity of verifying the community certificate or caste status of a govt employee after retirement from service is to be considered by a larger bench of Madras high court.

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday refused to grant an 18-year-old student the Scheduled Category (SC) status of his mother as his estranged father belonged to the Other Backward Class (OBC) ...

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has made it clear that the burden of proving that the individual does not belong to the claimed caste rests with the authorities themselves when government ...

In a significant move, the central government has approved a caste census, which means castes will be counted in the upcoming national census. This development could make it mandatory for many ...

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court ruled that even if Scheduled Tribe certificates are issued to the parents of a person, claiming the benefit of reservation, he/she should get the caste certificate ...