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Castes or Tribes

Castes or Tribes, The words 'castes' or 'tribes' in the expression 'Scheduled Castes' and 'Scheduled Tribes' are not used

Section or class of Hindus

Section or class of Hindus, the expression 'Section or class of Hindus' includes any division, sub-division, caste, sub-caste, sect or denomination whatsoever of Hindus', Shastri Yagnapurushdasji v. Muldas Bhundardas Vaishya, AIR 1966 SC 1119: (1966)

Untouchability

Untouchability, an attitude or feeling by Hindus of high caste to those of low caste or to non-Hindus, Webster Random House Dictionary, p. 1598. Untouchability, in India it

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Wreck

522, and Hals. L. E., sub tit. 'Shipping'; Part XII., 'Wreck,'), as, after a shipwreck, are afloat or cast upon the land by the sea. According to an old definition (Jacob's Law Dict., tit. 'Wreck') they were

vote

the collective opinion or preference of a body of persons expressed by voting 3 : the right to cast a vote ;specif : the right of suffrage 4 a : the act or process of voting [brought

Linotype

A kind of typesetting machine which produces castings each of which corresponds to a line of separate types By pressing the keys of a keyboard like

Burden of proof

In a criminal case, the burden of proving the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt is heavily cast on the prosecution; whereas the standard of proof in a civil case is preponderance of probabilities. In other

Reservation

Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1309. Mans the reservation of post in the services for the members of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Special Backward Category and Other Backward Classes, the Maharashtra State

Socially and educationally backward classes

classes' in Article 15(4) was explained in Balaji's case, AIR 1963 SC 649 to be comparable to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The reason is that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes illustrated social and educational backwardness.

Unreserved

Unreserved, has to be applied to vacancies which do not fall within the reserved categories Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Ashok Kumar Sawhney v. Union of India, AIR 1982 SC 795: (1982) 1 SCC 497:

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