New Delhi, Jan 10: Supreme Court’s five-judge Constitution bench will hear the disputed Ram Mandir land dispute case, which have a larger implication on the coming Lok Sabha elections, on January 10.
The five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, will hear the Ram Mandir land dispute matter.
The case has almost 30 respondents and many petitioners.
On Tuesday, the SC had in the late evening issued a notification on the setting up of a Constitution bench to hear the Ram Mandir land dispute case.
Besides the CJI Gogoi, the other four judges, who will preside in the five-judge Constitution bench, would be Justices S A Bobde, N V Ramana, Uday Umesh Lalit and D Y Chandrachud.
The Apex Court had last year rejected a plea by Muslim parties to refer Ayodhya land dispute to a five-judge Constitution bench.
On the last date of hearing on January 4, the Top Court had deferred the case to January 10.
New Delhi, Jan 10: The Bill for 10 per cent reservation for the economically weaker sections of the society got nod from Parliament on Wednesday, with the Rajya Sabha approving it with 165 member voting in favour and 7 voting against it.
The Bill, moved for consideration by Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chsand Gehlot, was passed by the Upper House with 165 member voting in its favour while 7 voted against it.
Earlier, an amendment moved by Ms Kanimozhi of DMK to refer the Bill to a select committee of the Rajya Sabha, was rejected by the House with just 18 members voting in its favour and 155 voting against it.
Parties such as CPM, CPI and IUML also wanted the Bill to be referred to the House Select Committee.
Further, all amendments moved by the members of the Opposition to the Bill, including T K Rangaraja of CPM, were rejected by the House.
With the approval of the Rajya Sabha, the Bill, which was passed in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, got the nod of Parliament.
New Delhi, Jan 7: The Centre on Monday announced 10 per cent reservation in the government jobs and educational institutions for the economically weaker sections of the General category.
Sources said the Cabinet, held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, took this decision.
It was decided that people in the General category, whose family income is below Rs 8 lakh per annum, will get direct entry in government jobs and get 10 per cent quota in higher education institutes.
The Government is expected to bring the Constitutional Amendment Bill on Tuesday on the last day of Winter session of Parliament. Articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution will have to be amended for implementation of the decision, they added.
Currently, all government jobs has around 50 per cent reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes.