If those belonging to Adi Karnataka, Adi Dravida and Adi Andhra (AK, AD and AA) communities do not know their original caste, they can either register under Group A or Group B. However, the choice ...

All states and union territories have been asked to issue caste and domicile certificates to students when they are studying in Class V or VIII New Delhi: All states and union territories have been ...

'The SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is intended to protect communities that historically faced caste-based discrimination,' the court said.

The Calcutta High Court has observed that where caste-based abuses are allegedly hurled over the telephone and not in public ...

KOLKATA: Suvendu Adhikari, BJP legislator and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Tuesday alleged that the ruling Trinamool Congress is holding camps to issue SC, ST ...

Adhikari alleges the TMC government is hastily issuing SC, ST and OBC certificates to “undocumented infiltrators and fake claimants” ahead of the SIR exercise.Adhikari accuses the state of undermining ...

Children of single mothers from other backward classes should be entitled to OBC certificates irrespective of the parents’ marital status, the Centre has told the Supreme Court, adding that it was for ...

The Supreme Court on Monday approved the issuance of SC certificate based on the 'Adi Dravida' caste of her mother and not her father. A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justic Joymalya ...

The division bench of the Bombay High Court at Aurangabad has directed the Maharashtra government to extend the same six-month grace period for submitting caste-validity certificates to Scheduled ...

The Supreme Court of India Friday delivered its ruling wherein it held that the affinity test is not a litmus test to decide a caste name and is not an essential part of the process of the ...