Category: Minorities

Quota within Quota Debate – Everything You Need to Know

Backward Sections / Important Court Verdicts / Important Legislation (Bills & Acts) / Judiciary/Justice / Minorities / Vulnerable Sections

A 5-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court reopened the debate on quota within quota for SCs and STs by supporting their sub-classification to ensure equality in the upliftment of all within the marginalised community. Disagreeing with another SC verdict on the same subject, the case was referred to a larger bench comprising of 7 judges or more.

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Ayodhya-Babri Dispute: Timeline, SC Verdict & its Significance

Important Court Verdicts / Medieval India / Minorities / Modern India / Religion / Secularism

The Supreme Court had given the much-awaited verdict on the Ram Janmabhoomi – Babri Masjid land dispute case. Though this verdict, the Apex court cleared the way for the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya and directed the Centre to allot a 5-acre of land to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque. It is one of the most important and most anticipated judgements in India’s history. The Constitutional Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi put an end to the more than a century-old dispute that has torn the social fabric of the nation.

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