As per the provisions of the Constitution, the seats are reserved for SCs and STs in the House of the People and in the Assemblies in proportion, as nearly as may be, to their population. There is also a...
Caste
Lata Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh [2006) 5 SCC 475] wherein it is observed by Supreme Court as follows: “The caste system is a curse on the nation and the sooner it is destroyed the better. In fact,...
कर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः सर्वः संसारः क्रियाकारकफललक्षणः सत्त्वरजस्तमोगुणात्मकः अविद्यापरिकल्पितः समूलः अनर्थः उक्तः, वृक्षरूपकल्पनया च ‘ऊर्ध्वमूलम्’ (भ. गी. १५ । १) इत्यादिना,तं च ‘असङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन च्छित्त्वा’ ‘ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यम्’ (भ. गी. १५ । ३), (भ. गी. १५ । ४) इति...
The Hindus are in four divisions, and each of these acts according to its own rules and ways. Every year they(Hindus) keep a fixed day. The first is the caste of the Brahmans, that is those who know the...