SC reservation to be upped to 17%, ST to 7%, says CM Bommai
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Bengaluru: The reservation for scheduled castes will be hiked from 15 per cent to 17 per cent, while scheduled tribes will have reservation of 7 per cent instead of the present 3 per cent, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said.
The chief minister told reporters on Friday that the decision was taken at a joint meeting of members of both Houses of the Karnataka Legislature. The meeting, chaired by Bommai, was held at the chief minister’s residential office ‘Krishna’ on Friday.
The decision to increase follows the recommendation of the Justice H N Nagamohandas Commission.
“The recommendations of the Commission as well as the committee led by Justice Subhash Adi regarding the steps to be taken for development of both scheduled castes and scheduled tribes were accepted at the meeting,” said Bommai.
He added that the Cabinet meeting report will be considered and presented before the December session of the Legislature, for a unanimous decision.
Bommai further clarified, “An increase in SC/ST reservation does not amount to a fall in the reservation for other communities, which will continue as before.”
Advocate General Prabhulinga Navadagi, Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah, JD(S) leader and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, ministers R Ashok, J C Madhuswamy, Govind Karjol, B Sriramulu, Anand Singh, Kota Srinivas Poojary and S Angara, deputy leader of the Opposition and MLA U T Khader, JD(S) leader Bhojegowda, Ajay Dharma Singh, former legislator V S Ugrappa, chief secretary Vanditha Sharma and Social Welfare Department officer attended the meeting.
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'Shocked' SC summons police commissioner, IO on Apr 13 in Ghaziabad rape-murder case of minor
New Delhi (PTI): Expressing deep shock, the Supreme Court on Friday intervened in the harrowing rape-murder case of a four-year-old girl in Ghaziabad and summoned the police commissioner and the investigating officer on April 13 with the case records.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi took note of the submissions of senior lawyer N Hariharan, appearing for the victim's father, a daily wager, and expressed its displeasure over the manner in which the state police had conducted the investigation so far in the case.
The CJI lambasted the state police and two private hospitals, which refused to treat the girl before she succumbed to her injuries post-alleged rape, for their "complete indifference" and "insensitive approach".
On March 16, the victim was allegedly lured away by a neighbour on the pretext of buying chocolates and when the child did not return, a search led the father to find her lying unconscious and covered in blood. She later succumbed to her injuries at a government hospital in Ghaziabad.
