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  2. List of Muslim Other Backward Classes communities in India

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    21 Only Muslim Mochis are in the OBC list, the Hindu section have Scheduled Caste status. 22 caste mahigeer faruki ob list Explanation: In the above list for Uttar Pradesh for all castes linked with traditional hereditary occupations, except those entered with specific mention of name of religion, are included, irrespective of whether their ...

  3. Other Backward Class - Wikipedia

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    The Other Backward Class (OBC) is a collective term used by the Government of India to classify communities that are "educationally or socially backward" (i.e., disadvantaged). It is one of several official classifications of the population of India, along with general castes , Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs).

  4. Court cases related to reservation in India - Wikipedia

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    M. Nagraj & Others v. Union of India and Others (AIR 2007 SC 71) held the amendments constitutional. Suraj Bhan Meena v. State of Rajasthan (2011) 1 SCC 467: Government rules for reservation cannot be introduced without quantifiable data of backwardness and underrepresentation. S. Balakrishnan v. S. Chandrasekar 28/2/2005, The Government of ...

  5. Reservation in India - Wikipedia

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    Reservation is a system of affirmative action in India that was established during the British rule.Based on provisions in the Indian Constitution, it allows the Union Government and the States and Territories of India to allocate a specific percentage of reserved quotas or seats, in higher education admissions, employment, political bodies, etc., for "socially and economically backward citizens".

  6. Reservation policy in Indian Institutes of Technology

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    On 29 March 2007, the Supreme Court of India, as an interim measure, stayed the law providing for 27 percent reservation for Other Backward Classes in educational institutions like IITs and IIMs. This was done in response to a public interest litigation — Ashoka Kumar Thakur vs. Union of India. The Court held that the 1931 census could not be ...

  7. 2006 Indian anti-reservation protests - Wikipedia

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    The 2006 Indian anti-reservation protests were a series of protests that took place in India in 2006 in opposition to the decision of the Union Government of India, led by the Indian National Congress-headed multiparty coalition United Progressive Alliance, to implement reservations for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in central and private institutes of higher education.

  8. National Commission for Backward Classes - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court of India in its Judgement dated 16.11.1992 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 930 of 1990 – Indra Sawhney & Ors. Vs. Union of India and Ors., reported in (1992) Supp. 3 SCC 217 directed the Government of India, State Governments and Union Territory Administrations to constitute a permanent body in the nature of a Commission or ...

  9. One Hundred and Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of India

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    As the absence of quota for OBC and minorities would make it more difficult for the marginalised women to raise their voices in the Parliament. [30] [31] [32] The only 2 votes against the bill came from All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MPs Asaduddin Owaisi and Imtiaz Jaleel, who demanded the inclusion of OBC reservation in the bill. [33]