"Scheduled Castes Socially Heterogenous Class": Top Court's Big Quota Order | Read

A seven-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court today okayed sub-classification within Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories to provide reservation in jobs and education for the more marginalised among backward communities.

During the hearing, the Centre had told the court that it in favour of sub-classification in the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories. The Chief Justice had observed that there was a distinction between "sub-classification" and "sub-categorisation" and held that states may have to sub-categorise reserved category communities to ensure that benefits reach more backward groups.