Jat Reservation
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Jat Mahasabha to boycott Independence Day celebrations
National | Aug 12, 2015, 07:31 AM ISTJind: Intensifying its agitation for reservation, Akhil Bhartiya Adarsh Jat Mahasabha on Tuesday decided to boycott the Independence Day celebrations and to register its demand by wearing black bands.Mahasabha's national president Pawanjit Banwala said before
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Jats put in OBC as per Constitutional mandate: Centre to SC
India | Apr 05, 2015, 11:24 AM ISTNew Delhi: Government has said it has the powers under the Constitution to include Jats in the central list of Other Backward Classes (OBC) and sought a review of Supreme Court's decision to scrap quota
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SC rejects Jat reservation in PG medical and dental courses
India | Mar 31, 2015, 05:10 PM ISTNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today quashed the plea seeking reservation in admission to PG medical and dental courses for Jat students.Citing its recent decision, the apex court said "There is no vested right in
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Jat quota: UPSC decides to delay civil services results
India | Mar 27, 2015, 10:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) has decided to delay the civil services exam result for 2014-15 after the Supreme Court‘s decision to scrap the Jat reservation. Since the results of the written exam
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Jat leaders meet PM over reservations
National | Mar 26, 2015, 04:24 PM ISTNew Delhi: A delegation of Jat leaders met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday after the Supreme Court quashed the OBC quota for the community, an official statement said.Modi assured the delegation that the central
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Jat reservation: Important developments through the years
India | Mar 17, 2015, 02:59 PM ISTIn a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the government's decision to include Jats in the list of Other Backward Classes (OBC) category in nine states (Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya pradesh,
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Supreme Court scraps govt's notification on Jat reservation
India | Mar 17, 2015, 11:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today set aside the Centre's notification to extend reservation under other backward class (OBC) category to Jat community of nine states.The court observed that caste, though a prominent factor, cannot
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Congress leader Rashid Alvi questions Jat reservation
National | Mar 06, 2014, 10:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress leader Rashid Alvi today struck a discordant note on Jat reservation issue, saying it sent a “wrong signal” to the Muslim community after the Muzaffarnagar riots but the party disagreed noting an
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Punjab Govt slams Centre over Jat reservation
India | Mar 05, 2014, 08:07 AM ISTChandigarh: The SAD-BJP government yesterday condemned the Centre's decision to exclude Punjab's Jats and Jat Sikhs from the benefits of reservation extended to these communities in several other states.A resolution to this effect was passed
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Backward class panel to take call on adding Jats to OBC list
India | Dec 20, 2013, 07:18 AM ISTNew Delhi: The government Thursday asked the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) to take a decision on the inclusion of the Jat community in the central list of Other Backward Classes (OBC).The decision was