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Understanding the EWS quota

Validity of the 10% quota for people belonging to economically weaker sections is under scrutiny now. The case is being heard by the Constitution bench of the Supreme Court of India. Here's more

EWS quota: All that you need to know about the issue in the Supreme Court

The 103rd amendment act provided a 10 per cent quota in educational institutes and government jobs to economically weaker sections (EWS) of the society

EWS quota breaches 50% ceiling, defeats creamy layer concept, SC told

The Centre's decision to grant 10 per cent quota for the EWS category in admissions and jobs violates the basic structure of the Constitution on multiple counts including that it breaches the 50 per cent cap on reservation, the Supreme Court was told on Tuesday. The quota for the Economically Weaker Sections(EWS) is a "deceitful and a backdoor attempt" to destroy the concept of reservation, a lawyer submitted before the court, which was told it also excludes the poor belonging to the SCs, STs, and OBC category and defeats the creamy layer concept. The 10 per cent EWS quota is in addition to the 50 per cent reservation for the SCs, STs, and OBCs. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, which commenced the hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment that provided for the EWS quota, heard the submissions during a day-long hearing of arguments by three lawyers appearing for the PIL petitioners opposed to the .

EWS quota goes against the basic structure of Constitution, SC told

Dr. G Mohan Gopal said the EWS reservation was an attack on the constitutional vision of social justice

Attorney General Venugopal raises three questions on EWS reservation

A Constitution bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi, and JB Pardiwala said this on Thursday

SC fixes issues for adjudication on pleas challenging govt's 10% EWS quota

The Supreme Court on Thursday fixed three broad issues for adjudication arising from the pleas challenging the Centre's decision to grant 10 per cent reservation to EWS in admissions and jobs. It will also decide whether the Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act breached the doctrine of the basic structure of the Constitution by allowing the state to make such special provisions. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit said the three issues suggested by Attorney General K K Venugopal for the decision "broadly" covered all the aspects relating to the petitions on the constitutional validity of the decision to grant the reservation. "Whether the 103rd Constitution amendment Act can be said to breach the basic structure of the Constitution by permitting the State to make special provisions, including reservation, based on economic criteria," read the first issue framed. The second legal question was whether the constitutional amendment cou

5-judge SC bench to hear from Sept 13 pleas on 10% quota to EWS candidates

Constitution amendment in 2019 allows people from Economically Weaker Sections to avail themselves of reservation in jobs and educational institutions

SC to examine constitutional validity of 10% EWS quota in admissions, jobs

Supreme Court said it would examine the constitutional validity of the Central government's decision to allow 10% reservation to economically weaker sections in admissions and jobs

Assam govt to provide Rs 250 more to EWS families for electricity bill: CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said his government will provide an additional amount of Rs 250 to economically-weak families to help them pay their monthly electricity bills. The fixed additional amount will be given from October to beneficiaries of the 'Orunodoi' scheme, a flagship programme of the state government that currently covers nearly 20 lakh families, he said. The government provides monthly monetary assistance of Rs 1,000 to the beneficiaries under the programme. Launching 'Orunodoi Month', Sarma said, "From October, the Orunodoi beneficiaries will get Rs 1,250 monthly. The additional Rs 250 will be provided to pay their electricity bills. He said the government could have paid the amount directly to the power corporation but it "wants to instil responsibility among the people to make the payment themselves". Sarma also said the beneficiary list of the scheme will be updated in the next two months. Student volunteers will visit households for upd

FIR to be filed against pvt schools not admitting students under EWS quota

The SC/ST Welfare Committee of the Delhi Legislative Assembly has asked the education department to get FIRs registered against private schools refusing to admit EWS students

EWS quota in NEET-PG: SC lists batch of pleas for final hearing in April

Senior advocate Arvind Datar, appearing for MBBS doctors, said examination will be held in May and results will be announced thereafter

NEET admissions: SC allows counselling with 27% OBC and 10% EWS quota

The Supreme Court cleared the decks for postgraduate medical counselling and admissions, including OBC and EWS reservations for the current academic year, 2021-22

NEET PG Counselling 2021: Understand EWS, OBC quota and what SC order means

NEET Counselling 2021: SC order opens the way for the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) to begin the NEET UG and NEET PG counselling process

SC reserves order on plea regarding EWS quota in NEET-PG admissions

The Supreme Court reserved its order on a plea related to the Economically Weaker Section quota in connection with the NEET-PG admissions

How the Centre plans to use tax data to settle social justice issues

The govt committee on EWS might have set the template for future; EWS limits and income tax exemption limits are now twinned, if the Supreme Court accepts the panel's report

NEET-PG admissions: SC to hear Centre's plea hear related to EWS quota case

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea related to the EWS quota in connection with the NEET-PG admissions on Wednesday

NEET-PG admissions: Centre seeks urgent hearing of EWS quota case

The Centre requested the Supreme Court to schedule a hearing in a matter related to the EWS quota in connection with the NEET-PG admissions on Tuesday, citing "some urgency"

Centre decides to review Rs 8 lakh criteria for reservation in NEET-PG

The Centre told the Supreme Court that it has taken a considered decision to revisit the limit of rupees eight lakh annual income fixed for determining the Economically Weaker Sections category

Explain basis of fixing Rs 8 lakh limit for EWS category for NEET: SC

The Centre said fixing a limit of ₹8 lakh annual income for the EWS category is a matter of policy based on the National Cost of Living Index

Supreme Court quashes Madras HC direction on EWS quota in NEET AIQ

The high court had dropped a contempt of court plea filed by the ruling DMK against Centre on implementing reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in AIQ medical college seats