Analysis

DESK BRIEF: On Thursday, the Court issued an Order explaining its decision to permit reservations for OBCs in PG medical entrance exams.

The Maharashtra government was directed to submit data justifying its OBC reservation policy to the State Commission for Backward Castes.

The Bench was concerned that a majority of State governments were yet to complete the first step of identifying street children.

DESK BRIEF: How can the productivity of a judge be determined?

The SC on Wednesday issued notice in Qurban Ali v Union of India, a PIL filed against the alleged hate speech in Haridwar and Delhi.

Studies examining caste-based backwardness have a higher bar to pass than those studying backwardness within the ‘general category'.

DESK BRIEF: The SC observed that suspension of Assembly members for long periods through majority resolutions threatened democracy.

There is a marked difference in the methodology employed by the Mandal and Major Sinho Commissions in studying backwardness.