Mains syllabus: GS1 - population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, their problems and their remedies.
GS2 – Governance and Social justice
Recently, the Supreme Court had flagged the lack of guidelines on issuing Other Backward Class (OBC) certificates to the children of single mothers.
Article 15 and article 16 of the Indian constitution deals with reservations in education and employment for people belongs to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), and Other Backward Castes.
Article 15 of Indian Constitution deals with ‘Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth’. Article 16 deals with ‘Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment’.
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A woman who marries a man of a different caste cannot take on the caste of her husband.
Rumy Chowdhury v. The Department of Revenue, Government of NCT Delhi (2019) |
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Smti. Moonsoon Barkakoti v. The State Of Assam (2024) |
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Article 14 of Indian Constitution deals with ‘Equality before law’.