August 1, 2024 2:16 PM
Supreme Court holds sub-classification within Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes is permissible
In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court, today, upheld the power of States to sub-classify reserved category groups of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/STs), into different groups based on their backwardness for extending the benefits of reservation. A seven-judge Constitution be...