Minority Sub-quota

• Salman Khurshid on minority sub-quota row

  Salman Khurshid on minority sub-quota row

• Supreme Court does not unlock 4.5% minority sub-quota

  The Supreme Court has refused to allow for now the Centre's attempts to create a 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in central educational institutions. The quota, carved out of the 27 per cent quota for OBCs, was struck down by the Andhra Pradesh High Court last week.

• Supreme Court to take up Centre's appeal over reservations for minorities

  The Supreme Court will today take up the appeal filed by the Centre over the 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in educational institutions and government jobs. The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay an Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing the sub-quota for minorities.

• Minority quota: Supreme Court refuses to stay Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict

  The Supreme Court has refused to stay Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict quashing 4.5 per cent sub quota for minorities out of 27 percent reservation for OBCs, which was challenged by the Centre. The top court has pulled up the government for the manner in which the sensitive issue was dealt with. It has questioned the government how it decided on t...

• Centre moves Supreme Court over order against 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities

  As admissions to universities across the country gets underway, the Centre has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court, challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court's order quashing the 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in educational institutions and government jobs.

• Govt stands firm on 4.5% sub-quota for minorities; will move Supreme Court

  The Centre will challenge the order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court that strikes down its 4.5 per cent sub-quota to minorities within OBC reservation in central educational institutions and jobs in the Supreme Court.

• Andhra Pradesh High Court strikes down Centre's 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities

  Holding that the Centre acted in a "casual manner", the Andhra Pradesh High Court today quashed the 4.5 per cent sub-quota to minorities carved out of 27 per cent OBC reservation--a verdict that may affect admissions already made in central educational institutions such as IITs.

• Minority quota remark: Poll panel lets off Beni Prasad Verma with a warning

  The Election Commission (EC) tonight let off Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma with a warning for his remarks on Muslim sub-quota and closed the model code of conduct violation case against him accepting his "remorse and sincere regret" for the utterances.

• Khurshid's remarks unprecedented, happy poll panel acted strongly: Advani

  Senior BJP leader L K Advani today called the remarks made by Law Minister Salman Khurshid on minority sub-quota issue "unprecedented" and "very serious", and said he welcomed the strong action taken by the Election Commission (EC) on it.

• Poll panel examining Congress minister's remarks daring it on minorities sub-quota

  No sooner had the Salman Khurshid Muslim quota speech controversy officially died than another senior Congress minister, Beni Prasad Verma, has stirred one on the very same issue.