SC And ST Quotas

Supreme Court: States Authorized To Create Sub-Categories Within SC And ST Quotas

On Thursday, a seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled that sub-classification within the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) is permissible. This decision overturns the 2004 ruling in EV Chinnaiah vs State of Andhra Pradesh, where a five-judge bench had stated that sub-classification was not allowed, arguing that...