[ad_1] Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to grant Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Muslims for availing reservations in government jobs and admission to educational institutions while admitting to prevalence of casteism in the community despite strict prohibition by Islam.In an application...
Gauhati HC to Assam Police, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court, while expressing concern over authorities demolishing houses with bulldozers in the name of investigation, has taken suo moto cognizance of such an action by the Assam Police which had razed houses of five men accused of torching a police station in Nagoan district last...
In affidavit in SC, Centre defends exclusion of Dalit Christians, Dalit Muslims from scheduled castes’ list, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Centre has defended the exclusion of Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims from the list of scheduled castes, saying historical data shows no backwardness or oppression was ever faced by them. Contending that Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims cannot claim benefits which scheduled castes are entitled to,...
Hc, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] KOCHI: Economic backwardness or social stigma cannot be a reason for allowing medical termination of pregnancy (MTP), the high court has held.The decision by Justice VG Arun was after considering a petition by a 21-year-old Muslim woman, who had passed Plus Two, seeking MTP of a seven-month-old foetus. This...