Even though IIT-Bombay has no official food segregation policy, different seating arrangements are followed by students based on their food preferences.
The government led by CM Eknath Shinde has issued financial assistance of Rs 4,12,500 from its social welfare department on June 6 and has assured that the second phase of financial assistance will be given to the family of the deceased after filing the charge sheet.
Three separate petitions were filed related to similar issues in the Supreme Court. One was filed by Ek Soch Ek Prayas, the second one by a social worker Akhilesh Kumar and the third one by Vishnu Gupta National President of Hindu Sena.
According to plea, in the state of Bihar, there are 113 castes which are known as OBC and EBC, eight castes are included in the category of Upper Caste, there are about 22 sub-castes which are included in Scheduled Caste category and there are 29 about Sub Castes which are included in the scheduled category.