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Aug 10 2005 (HC)

indira Vs. State of Kerala

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR2006Ker1; [2006(2)JCR276]; 2005(4)KLT119

..... articles 338 and 339 of the constitution of india provide for establishment of national commissions for scheduled caste and scheduled tribe. ..... the functions of such commissions as per sub-article (5) thereof include to investigate and monitor all matters relating to safeguards provided for scheduled caste and scheduled tribe and also to inquire into specific complaint with respect to the deprivation of rights and safeguards available to scheduled caste and scheduled tribe. ..... statement of objects and reasons to the said act reveals that until its enactment, there was no law to regulate the issue of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe certificate which is the proof for scheduled castes and scheduled tribe claim of an individual and that the act is to achieve this object as well. ..... section 4 of the act deals with application from members of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes for admission to the seats reserved for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in educational institutions. ..... preamble to the act states that in order to curb effectively the evil practices of securing such certificates by persons other than those belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes for claiming the benefits of reservation and such other benefits meant for the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes and to make provision for prescribing punishment therefor and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto the act was enacted. .....

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Feb 04 2013 (HC)

National Adivasi Federation Vs. Union of India

Court : Kerala

..... the summary record of the 34th meeting of the national commission for scheduled tribes held on 13.06.2012. ..... kerala institute of research training and development studies of schedules castes/ scheduled tribes (kirtads) kozhikode, pin - 17, represented ..... of kerala represented by its principal secretary scheduled castes/scheduled tribes development (g) department, secretatiat, thiruvananthapuram, pin ..... is relevant to note that jurisdiction of this court to deal with such matters is very limited, more so, in view of the settled law, whether a particular community belongs to scheduled tribe or not, does not come within the powers and jurisdiction of this court and it is not for this court to conduct any equalisation exercise or some other method so as to arrive at a finding as to whether that community is entitled to have an entry in the list ..... true copy of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes orders (amendment) act, 2002 published in the gazette of india dated ..... the commission also examined the matter and a recommendation has been made so as to have them included in the list of scheduled tribes, as ..... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - dated this the 4th day of february, 2013 judgment the issue involved in this case is whether the recommendation made by the various committees with regard to the caste status of 'marati' community of kerala, recommending their re-inclusion as a scheduled tribe community by way of legislative amendment, is the subject matter of consideration.2. .....

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Jul 24 2013 (HC)

Dr. Satheesh Kumar.P.K. Vs. the State of Kerala

Court : Kerala

..... letter addressed by the chairman of the national commission for scheduled caste/scheduled tribes which triggered ext.p6 communication shows only the dearth of candidates in the category of sc/st/sebc and not in the categories of general or ..... it appears that the chairman of the national commission for scheduled caste/scheduled tribes addressed a letter to the fifth respondent which evoked ext ..... be eligible for admission in any postgraduate course in 2013, it shall be necessary for a candidate to obtain percentile of 50 and above in neet pg 2012.however in respect of candidates belonging to scheduled caste (sc), scheduled tribes (st), w.p(c) nos.16697 of 2013 and connected cases ..... general (2) scheduled caste/scheduled tribes/ socially and educationally backward classes and (3) physically disabled for whom the passing criteria has been fixed at 50th percentile, 40th percentile and 45th ..... this is in tune with the relevant clauses of ext.p1 information bulletin for national eligibility cum entrance test (neet) and w.p(c) nos.16697 of 2013 and connected cases. ..... number of candidates in the respective categories failed to secure minimum marks as prescribed in neet held for any academic year for admission to pg courses, the central government in consultation with mci may at its discretion lower the minimum marks required for admission to pg courses for candidates belonging to respective categories and marks so lowered by the central government shall be applicable for the said academic year only". .....

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Mar 21 2011 (HC)

Rajaji Mathew Thomas Vs. the Election Commission of India

Court : Kerala

Reported in : ILR2011(1)Ker30

..... of the same is filed as ext.p5(a) to the writ petition, the relevant portion of which reads as follows: "as per the above mentioned government orders the kerala government approved the scheme for providing rice at the rate of rs.2 per kilogram is extended to all the ration card holders including the persons categorized as bpl and apl, fishermen, scheduled cast, scheduled tribe persons and families of asraya scheme, workers of traditional industries including 40 lakh families, working under the national employment guarantee scheme. ..... by a communication dated 1st march, 2011 from the election commission of india, the chief secretary and the chief electoral officers of the state of kerala were informed as follows: "i am directed to state that the commission has announced the schedule for holding general elections to the legislative assemblies of the states of assam, kerala, tamil nadu, west bengal and union territory of puducherry. 2. ..... in the above mentioned back ground, the andhra pradesh high court held as follows:- "therefore, we are of the opinion that, in view of the stand taken by the election commission, the petitioners are not entitled to the interim relief of permitting the government to continue with the issuance of health cards. .....

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Dec 17 2014 (HC)

Nair Service Society Vs. State of Kerala

Court : Kerala

..... as is often said, it may be that need to ensure equality for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes should not be surrendered on the facile and value based perception of efficiency. ..... the bord at its meeting held on 16.3.2012 considered a request from visually handicapped candidates for the award of grace marks in the test as given to the candidates for the award of grace marks in the test as given to the candidates who appear for the national eligibility test (net) conducted by the universwity grants commission (ugc). ..... to our mind, it would include all out effort by the state to make them stand on their own feet, to bring them into the mainstream of the national life, to live with dignity, self-esteem and with head held high. ..... :- marks for obc (non-creamy layer)/pwd/sc/st candidates as granted by the ugc for their national eligibility test/junior research fellowship. ..... as stated on behalf of the respondents, the said pass marks have been modified to make it in conformity with the pass marks in net examination as prescribed by the university grants commission. ..... this court pointed out that the act did not envisage that the samiti is of national importance. ..... it is alleged that the board had decided to follow the criteria adopted by the ugc in their national w.a. .....

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Jun 15 2001 (HC)

Jose Vs. State of Kerala

Court : Kerala

Reported in : 2001CriLJ4902

..... by alleging offence under the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe (prevention of atrocities) act, 1989 with intend to create difficulties for the petitioners and to prevent them from getting any bail ..... it is also their case that the offences under the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe (prevention of atrocities) act, 1989 were also included only to see that the petitioners do not get any bail from the ..... p1 including an offence under the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities) act so that the petitioners will not be able to get bail ..... 3(1)(x) of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities) act, 1989 mala fide and with intend to see that the petitioners do not get bail from the ..... 3(2)(v) of the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe (prevention of atrocities) act, 1989 was not ..... 3(1)(x) of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities) act, ..... where the uncontroverted allegations made in the fir or complaint and the evidence collected in support of the same do not disclose the commission of any offence and make out a case against the accused. ..... state of national capital territory of delhi (air 2000 sc 3101) held that the aforementioned decision apart from the above has also added a note of caution to the effect that the power of quashing a criminal proceeding should be exercised 'very sparingly and with circumspection and that too in the rarest of rare case ..... state of national capital territory of delhi (air 2000 sc 3101 .....

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Aug 06 1984 (HC)

M.T. Ananthan Vs. the Honorary Secretary, Sainik School Society and an ...

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR1985Ker62

..... it was also submitted that the application of the rule was opposed to article 15(4) of the constitution, which provided special safeguards to promote the interest of the socially and educationally backward classes, particularly scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, and in the light of the fact that giving effect to those provisions in the matter of entrance to the class, concession as regards the standard required had been given in favour of the scheduled castes/scheduled tribes in the prospectus itself, ext. ..... the object of the study at the sainik school is to enable the students to attain excellence for the preparation for the all india higher secondary certificate examination to be conducted by the central board of secondary education and the union public service commission examination for admission to the national defence academy, it was pointed out. ..... as already noticed this is a policy matter which aims at certain standards to be maintained by these institutions in order to present the best talents, equipped with proper mental and physical training, for the national defence academy and other similar spheres of life. ..... the aim of the sainik school is to prepare boys academically and physically for entry into the national defence academy and other walks of life. .....

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Jun 19 2015 (HC)

University Grantrs Commission Vs. Anand J.Illickan

Court : Kerala

..... the scheduled caste (sc)/scheduled tribe (st)/physically handicapped (ph)/visually handicapped (vh) category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off) in master's degree or equivalent examination are eligible for this ..... referred to as "the ugc"), is the 1st appellant, the deputy secretary, national educational testing (net) bureau, university grants commission is the 2nd appellant whereas the all india council for technical education (hereinafter referred to as "the aicte") is the 3rd appellant ..... (2) if any dispute arises between the central government and the commission as to whether a question is or is not a question of policy relating to national purposes, the decision of the central government shall be ..... continues to provide assistance on the status of foreign qualifications to universities, ministries of the government of india, union public service commission, indian council for cultural relations and other agencies concerning with the nomination/selection of foreign students in indian universities. ..... the jim cannot ignore the fact that such institute and/or universities are recognised by the universities grants commission and the central government and/or state government and by the statutory authorities, more particularly, the aiu is not ..... the meetings of the commission and the procedure for conducting business thereat; (b) regulating the manner in which and the purposes for which persons may be associated with the commission under section 9. .....

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Feb 11 2005 (HC)

Suresh Vs. State of Kerala

Court : Kerala

Reported in : 2005(1)KLT848

..... (d) before issuing notification for general election the state election commission shall allot by rotation the reserved seats under clauses (a) (b) and (c) and the rotation shall start from the panchayat in which the scheduled castes, orthe scheduled tribes or women have the largest percentage of population and so on:provided that where the panchayat the office of president of which is to be reserved for women and the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes is one and the same; in so reserving the office of president, preference shall be given to the scheduled castes or scheduled tribes and in lieu, the office ..... offices of president of village panchayats, block panchayats and district panchayats in the state shall be reserved by the government for the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes and the number of the offices of president reserved for scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes in the panchayats at each level in the state shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of offices of president at each level as the population of the scheduled castes in the state or of the scheduled tribes in the state bears to the total population ..... 520) the apex court held that the insertion of clause (3) of article 15 in relation to women is a recognition of the fact that for centuries, women of this country have been socially and economically handicapped thereby they are unable to participate in the socio-economic activities of the nation on a footing of equality. .....

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Nov 07 2007 (HC)

Usha K. Vs. State of Kerala and ors.

Court : Kerala

Reported in : 2007(3)KLJ765

..... employ sufficient number of persons from the scheduled caste/scheduled tribe was also not kept in mind. ..... provide employment to persons belonging to scheduled caste/scheduled tribe was also not kept in mind. ..... there any representative of scheduled caste/scheduled tribe communities among the ministerial ..... go by the numbering of the government orders, the order for regularisation of illegal appointments has been passed after the government itself had approved the service rules of the corporation, which provides that all appointments in the corporation must be made on advice by the public service commission and that the principles of communal rotation must apply to the same ..... in other words, if an order for regularisation of the services of persons, who were originally engaged on a daily wages basis and against non-sanctioned posts, without a recruitment by advertisement and giving an opportunity by advertisement and giving an opportunity to qualified persons for applying to the post and for participating in the selection process, would be a negation of articles 14 and 16 and an order which directs regularisation of services of such persons would, therefore, be ..... (c) the mere fact that the person concerned has worked for some time and in some cases for a considerable length of time, should not be taken as the sole ground to jettison the constitutional scheme of appointment and to take the vie that a person, who temporarily or casually got employed should be directed to ..... national .....

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