Today's Ten: Supreme Court greenlights sub-classification of SC quota
By Pradeep Damodaran in Media News on Friday, 02nd August 2024 at 4:06pm
In a landmark verdict that is likely to rekindle intense debate and discussion on how to take the reservation policy forward, the Supreme Court on Thursday permitted states to sub-categorise castes within the Scheduled Caste community based on socio-economic backwardness and degree of under-representation in government jobs to ensure that the larger pie of the 15 per cent SC quota goes to the most backward among the community. The seven-member bench, which ruled in a six-to-one majority in favour of sub-categorising, also asked governments to devise suitable criteria to bar the 'creamy layer' among SCs and STs from availing reservation.
Interpreting the crux of the verdict for Hindustan Times, Utkarsh Anand pointed out that the verdict marked a significant shift in the landscape of r...
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