The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment providing 10 per cent reservation to economically weaker sections (EW...

The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that poverty is not a “permanent thing” and that the economically weaker sections (EWS) among upper castes could be promoted through various affirmat...

A five-judge constitution bench led by Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit has framed three questions to examine the validity of the 103rd constitutional amendment through which the Centre sought to pro...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will fix the timeline for hearing the contentious issue of the scope of powers of the Centre and Delhi government over control of services on September 27. A fi...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would first examine the constitutional validity of the Centre's decision to grant 10 per cent reservation to EWS in admissions and jobs before hearing appeals ...

A decision by the Union social justice and empowerment ministry on the Economically Weaker Sections quota has slammed the door on appointments to senior faculty posts in higher education institutions ...

The Supreme Court has listed for hearing on Wednesday a batch of petitions challenging the quota criteria for the economically weaker sections (EWS) in medical studies, in line with its consent to hea...

The Rs 8-lakh family income cut-off for the economically weaker sections quota has presented the Centre with a set of contradictory pulls. The central universities want the cut-off raised, arguing th...

The Centre has set up a committee to frame criteria for the identification of economically weaker sections (EWS) for quota benefits, after the Supreme Court questioned the existing parameters. The pa...

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre searching questions about the criteria it had adopted to fix the ceiling of Rs 8 lakh on annual family income for eligibility under the quota for economi...