States can sub|classify SCs for quotas

Supreme Court allows State Governments to sub-classify Scheduled Castes for reservation, overruling previous verdict, subject to judicial ...

The majority opinion drew stringent redlines for states on how to work out the sub-quotas. States will have to demonstrate a need for wider ...

The Supreme Court will review its decision on whether states can make sub-classifications within Scheduled Castes for reservation purposes.

In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court of India has upheld the right of states to sub-classify SCs and STs for the purpose of providing ...

It ruled that SCs are not a homogeneous group and governments can sub-classify them to give more weightage in 15% reservation to those who ...

It had ruled that the SCs are homogenous groups and hence, States cannot further sub-classify them to grant quota inside quota for more deprived ...

Thakur and Brahmin are around 55% of the population; OBC are about 18%, and SCs and STs together are just about 22% (2011). Harijan and Balmiki, ...

Sub classification within SCs does not violate Article 14 of the Constitution, he said. Justice B R Gavai said it is duty of state to give ...

The Supreme Court upheld sub-classification within Scheduled Castes for additional benefits, provided states can justify it with empirical ...

The verdict means that States can identify more backwards among the SC categories and can sub-classify them for separate quota within the quota.

The state will have to collect data on inadequacy of representation in government jobs because it is used as an indicator of backwardness, it ...

... sub-classification of SCs and STs by states can be permitted to ensure grant of quota to more backward castes inside these groups. The bench ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that sub-classification within the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) is permissible. This ...

The seven-judge Bench ruled that states can now sub-classify SCs within the 15% reservation quota to provide better support for the most ...

Why has the Supreme Court upheld States' right to sub-categorise SCs for quota benefits? | Explained. Premium. By a 6:1 majority ruling, a ...

Why in the news? In a 6:1 majority ruling on August 1, the Supreme Court determined that sub-classification within the Scheduled Castes ...

The seven-judge Bench ruled that states can now sub-classify SCs within the 15% reservation quota to provide better support for the most ...

A 7 judge bench of the Supreme Court has ruled that States can make sub-classifications within Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, ...

HIGHLIGHTS · SC, by majority of 6:1, holds further sub-classification of Scheduled Castes by states can be permitted · SC overrules 2004 judgment ...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Scheduled Castes are not a homogenous group and governments can sub-classify them to ...