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10Dec 2024

SC Criticizes Outdated Census for Food Security Act

Why in the news? The Supreme Court questioned the reliance on the outdated 2011 Census for the National Food Security Act, highlighting issues with ration distribution and the exclusion of eligible beneficiaries. Reliance on 2011 Census for NFSA: Advocate Prashant Bhushan argued that the National Food Security Act (NFSA) calculations are based on the outdated …

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27Nov 2024

SC Rules Against Conversions for Reservation Benefits

Why in the news? The Supreme Court declared conversions motivated by reservation benefits impermissible, emphasizing genuine belief and rejecting fraudulent claims undermining the Constitution’s ethos and reservation policies. SC’s Stand on Fraudulent Conversions: The Supreme Court ruled that religious conversions driven by reservation benefits are impermissible and termed such acts as a “fraud on the …

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08Nov 2024

Supreme Court, in 4-3 verdict, overturns 1967 ruling denying minority status to AMU

A seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court, by a 4-3 majority today overruled the 1967 judgment in S. Azeez Basha vs. Union Of India case that became the basis for denying the minority status to the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The 1967 judgment in the case had held that an institution incorporated by a statute …

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25Sep 2024

SC Condemns Punjab’s Expanded NRI Quota

Why in the news? The Supreme Court condemned Punjab’s move to expand the NRI quota in medical colleges, calling it a “fraud” on the education system. A bench led by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud dismissed petitions challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court order that had quashed the expanded quota. The bench stressed that the NRI …

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