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The Reservation Bachao Sangharsh Samiti will observe a day-long Bharat Bandh (pan-India shutdown) on Wednesday to protest the Supreme Court's recent judgment on reservations.e)..
On August 1, a seven-judge bench of Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, ruled by a 6:1 majority that further sub-classification of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes by states can be permitted to ensure quota for more backward castes within these groups...
(2.) Arguing that the ruling threatens the constitutional rights of SCs and STs, the body has also said that the central government should reject this judgment. . (3.) Some of its demands are: justice and equity for SCs, STs, and Other Backward Classes; a new Act of Parliament on reservations; release of caste-based data on SC/ST/OBCs in central government jobs; a target of 50% representation for these groups in the higher judiciary; filling up of backlog vacancies in central/state government jobs, as well as public sector undertakings..
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