Children of single mothers from other backward classes should be entitled to OBC certificates irrespective of the parents’ marital status, the Centre has told the Supreme Court, adding that it was for ...

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday refused to grant an 18-year-old student the Scheduled Category (SC) status of his mother as his estranged father belonged to the Other Backward Class (OBC) ...

In a significant move, the central government has approved a caste census, which means castes will be counted in the upcoming national census. This development could make it mandatory for many ...

Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court agreed to examine whether children of single mothers belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) are entitled to community certificates that would enable them to access ...

Samajwadi Party's Bilari MLA, Mohammad Faheem Irfan, faces a hurdle as his OBC caste certificate is revoked by a verification committee. The committee ruled that Irfan’s claim of Jhoja caste status ...

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has made it clear that the burden of proving that the individual does not belong to the claimed caste rests with the authorities themselves when government ...