Madras HC asks Centre, state govts to reply before Feb 10 on 10% quota

1. Madras HC asks Centre, state govts to reply before Feb 10 on 10% quota The petition was filed on Friday by R S Bharathi, Organizing Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam(DMK) contending that the amendment violated ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution The Madras High Court on Monday issued a notice to Central and state governments to answer before February 18 on 10 percent booking for monetarily more fragile segment when all is said in done classification.

2. The request of was recorded on Friday by R S Bharathi, Organizing Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam(DMK) battling that the revision damaged ‘essential structure’ of the Constitution. “In this manner, basically, the special case to the balance proviso is just accessible to those networks which were segregated for a considerable length of time in issues of instruction and work. Monetary criteria has been, in any case, utilized as a channel to bar the rich layer, people have a place with the regressive classes however who are financially best in class,” DMK arranging secretary R S Bharathi said in the request. “Subsequently, utilization of monetary criteria exclusively isn’t mulled over as an exemption to the standard of uniformity and thus to give reservation exclusively on financial criteria outrages the essential structure of the Constitution,” he included. The candidate stated, “It is very much settled that the roof furthest reaches of 50 percent in reservation is likewise part of the fundamental structure and has been attested by the Supreme Court in a few cases. “Be that as it may, in Tamil Nadu, as far as possible is 69 percent because of the Tamil Nadu Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions and of arrangements or posts in the Services under the State) Act, 1993 which is set in the IX Schedule,” he further submitted. READ MORE