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  Jat Mahasabha to boycott Independence Day celebrations

  Politics | August 12, 2015 7:31 IST

  Jind: 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 | April 05, 2015 11:24 IST

  New 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 | March 31, 2015 17:10 IST

  NEW 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 | March 27, 2015 22:43 IST

  New 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

  Politics | March 26, 2015 16:24 IST

  New 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 | March 17, 2015 14:59 IST

  In 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 | March 17, 2015 11:44 IST

  New 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

  Politics | March 06, 2014 22:46 IST

  New 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 | March 05, 2014 8:07 IST

  Chandigarh: 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 | December 20, 2013 7:18 IST

  New 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