Survival is tough: SC asks govt to consider harsh realities of migrants with no money, job
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New Delhi, May 13 : The Supreme Court on Thursday told Centre that it has to consider harsh realities in connection with migrant workers during the lockdown announced by various state governments.
A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and M.R. Shah said it is inclined to pass directions to NCR states to have community kitchens and to facilitate transportation of migrant workers who are willing to return to their native places amid the ongoing second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
Provide dry ration, facilitate transportation for migrant workers in NCR: SC
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Vijayawada: Migrant workers being distributed food packages by the volunteers of Vijayawada Division, on June 14, 2020. Vijayawada Division serves over 10.9 Lakh migrants on their journey back to home on Shramik Specials. Several NGOs joined hands & . Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 13 : The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to provide dry ration, transportation and also set up community kitchens for migrant workers in the National Capital Region (NCR).
Issuing the interim directions, an SC bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and M.R. Shah said: Dry ration to migrant workers in the National Capital Region under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat scheme or any other scheme be provided by the Union of India, NCT of Delhi, state of UP and state of Haryana utilising the
Maratha Reservations: Why SCâs Verdict May Still Open the Door to Further Litigation
The five-judge bench was unanimous on why the 50% ceiling on reservations should not be breached, but delivered a 3:2 verdict against states having final say on identifying the backward classes.
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The Supreme Courtâs Constitution bench on Wednesday delivered a mixed verdict on reservations, which is likely to invite a backlash both from the political class and disgruntled litigants. The courtâs ruling deals with three crucial issues and on two of them, it seems to have muddied the waters.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a Maharashtra law granting quota to the progressive Maratha community in admissions and government jobs, saying there were no exceptional circumstances to warrant a breach of the 50 per cent reservation cap set by the 1992 Mandal verdict.
The five-judge constitution bench was unanimous in calling the quota “unconstitutional”. The quota, instituted in 2018, provided for 12 per cent reservation for Marathas in education and 13 per cent in government jobs. The bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, L. Nageswara Rao, Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta and S. Ravindra Bhat held that the Maharashtra government had not furnished any quantifiable data to support the reservation benefits for the Marathas.
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NEW DELHI: In a major setback for the Maharashtra government, the SC on Wednesday declared the state law to grant reservation to Marathas as unconstitutional and held that the community is not socially and educationally backward to be eligible to be brought within the ambit of affirmative action.
A Constitution bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, L Nageswara Rao, S Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta and S Ravindra Bhat was unanimous in its view on the unconstitutionality of the law and quashed it on various grounds, which include breaching of the 50% quota rule. It rued that even after 70 years of Independence, people and communities are vying to be declared as ‘backward’ to get the benefit of reservation.