Mumbai: Bombay High Court recently asked the state govt to form a committee to consider allowing applicants to provide details of their mother's social status on the ‘Aaple Sarkar' portal for ...

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday refused to grant an 18-year-old student the Scheduled Category (SC) status of his mother as his estranged father belonged to the Other Backward Class (OBC) ...

Chhattisgarh High Court rules that migrants cannot transfer their caste status between states. Case involved forged documents for claiming Scheduled Tribe status. Committee cancels caste certificate ...

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to form a committee to examine whether individuals can provide details of their mother’s caste or social status on the ‘Aaple ...

Navi Mumbai: Residents of the Konkan region that includes Thane, Raigad and Navi Mumbai will no more have to wait in queues or make endless visits to the state social welfare office in Konkan Bhavan ...

In a significant move, the central government has approved a caste census, which means castes will be counted in the upcoming national census. This development could make it mandatory for many ...

The Marathas seeking OBC reservation under the Kunbi caste are appeased for now. But the draft notification introduces a new way of establishing caste identity The grand Maratha march culminated over ...

The Bombay High Court has dismissed an 18-year-old student’s plea seeking recognition as a member of the Scheduled Caste (SC) ‘Chambhar’ community, observing that he had not faced any social ...

The Indian Railways is concerned over the inordinate delay in verifying the genuineness of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Other Backwards Classes certificates of employees. In a note sent to General ...