Section 4(d) acts as an exemption clause. It allows the Central Government to exclude specific “high-level” courses, particularly post-doctoral programs, from the 27% OBC, 15% SC, and 7.5% ST reservation mandates.
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Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Section 3 Bare Act Provision 3. Reservation of seats in Central Educational
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The Court held that for “specialized” and “super-specialty” courses, reservations should be applied cautiously. The Court emphasized that in certain highly technical fields of medicine or engineering, merit must remain the sole criterion to maintain global standards, effectively creating a “specialty exception” even if the course technically leads to a master’s or doctoral degree.
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In the landmark Five-Judge Bench decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Article 15(5) of the Constitution, which allows for reservations in private and public educational institutions, does not apply to Minority Educational Institutions. The Court held that forcing reservations upon them would destroy their “minority character” protected under Article 30(1). This judgment solidified the exemption mentioned in Section 4 of this Act.
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No methodology has been laid down for determining the socially and educationally backward classes because castes alone should not be made the basis for identification. This thing was pointed out by the eminent judiciary of our nation from time to time, but still we as a nation are carrying burden of so called caste system claimed to be imposed by Brahmins, but made rigid by British rulers.
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Poor people from these classes are still poor and people who have availed the benefit of schemes and reservations are becoming rich day by day, but not revoking their caste status. On asking them, they ask to give daughters of upper castes or general category people to them. Hence such schemes require assessment on the basis of economic condition. But nothing is done by any political party.
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Statute 209 replaced English with Gujarati/Hindi for exams/instruction by 1955–56 but allowed temporary English use until 1961. The anomaly persisted: students could write exams in English without English-medium instruction, leading to mismatched learning and assessment, causing academic challenges.
The power of the University to promote the use of Gujarati and/or Hindi as “a medium of instruction” in Section 4(27) has reference only to those institutions which are established and maintained by the University in pursuance of its teaching function and not to colleges over which it exercises a certain amount of control prescribed under the Act by reason of affiliation and the power of the University to hold examinations to lay down as incidental thereto approved courses of studies and to confer degrees etc.
The Memorandum of Association (MoA) of Xavier Kelavani Mandal Private Limited establishes it as a private company to manage Roman Catholic educational, religious, and charitable institutions. Its primary objects include acquiring properties linked to Catholic entities like the Ahmedabad Mission, operating colleges, schools, hostels, and orphanages, and managing funds for religious purposes.
The Government is also responsible for constituting the Maharashtra State Commission for Right to Services under Section 13(1) by notification in the Official Gazette, appointing the Chief Commissioner and Commissioners through a high-level committee, and providing necessary staff, infrastructure, and administrative support for the Commission’s functioning.
