-The Indian Express Questioning the government on giving 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities on the basis of religion, the Supreme Court today refused to stay the Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing the decision. "We are not inclined to grant stay," a Bench comprising Justices K S Radhakrishnan and J S Khehar said while issuing notices to the petitioner on whose PIL the high court had quashed the 4.5 per cent...

-PTI   It won't stay A.P. High Court order The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Andhra Pradesh High Court order that quashed 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in central educational institutions such as the IITs, and ticked off the government for the way it had handled the “complex” and “sensitive” issue. The apex court expressed its “unhappiness” that the Centre was blaming the High Court when it had itself failed...

-The Hindu A full week after the Andhra Pradesh High Court quashed the 4.5 per cent job and education sub-quota for minorities, suspense continues on the status of those aspiring to get into the IITs under the sub-quota. Said Sahique Mustafa whose Minority rank of 203 all but guaranteed him an IIT seat: “Last week my family was celebrating. Today, I have no hope.” On Thursday morning, Law and Minority Affairs Minister Salman...

Schools scrambled to get Minority status after the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act was framed, say education officials. Records show that after the RTE was implemented in 2009, around 930 schools across the state got Minority status from January 2009 to June 4, 2012. Under the Act, all schools except Minority unaided schools will have to admit 25% students belonging to economically weaker sections of society. Experts said schools...

As the June 10 deadline for implementing the 25% quota for students belonging to economically weaker sections draws near, the state has launched checks to verify the Minority status of schools. According to the Supreme Court judgment, Minority unaided schools will be exempted from implementing the 25% reservation under Right to Education Act. Suspecting that big schools might try to weasel their way out of implementing the provisions of the Right of...