2004 Verdict On Sub-Classification Of Scheduled Castes, Tribes Needs To Be Reconsidered: Top Court
Ultimate Courtroom these days mentioned its 2004 verdict on sub-classification Of SC/STs must be revisited
New Delhi:
The Ultimate Courtroom these days held that its 2004 verdict retaining that states do not need the ability to additional sub-classify the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, for grant of quotas in jobs and admissions to tutorial establishments, must be revisited.
A five-judge bench headed by way of Justice Arun Mishra mentioned the 2004 verdict of a charter bench within the EV Chinnaiah case must be reconsidered and, due to this fact, the topic be positioned sooner than the Leader Justice of India for suitable route.
The bench, additionally comprising Justices Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose, mentioned in its view the 2004 verdict was once no longer accurately determined and states could make rules to provide preferential remedy by way of sub-classifying caste inside of SC/STs.
The bench referred the case filed by way of the Punjab govt in opposition to the prime courtroom order sooner than Leader Justice of India Justice SA Bobde for putting in of a bigger bench to revisit the sooner verdict.
The Punjab and Haryana Top Courtroom had struck down a state regulation empowering the federal government to sub-classify SC/STs for grant of quotas.
The prime courtroom had relied at the 2004 verdict of the Ultimate Courtroom and held that the Punjab govt was once no longer empowered to adopt the workout of sub classifying SC/STs.
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