Supreme Court’s big decision on providing reservation in SC / ST category, know details

Can the state government give reservation benefits to new caste by creating sub-categories in SC / ST? In today’s decision of the Supreme Court, 5 judges are of the opinion that the decision of the year 2004 of the court needs to be reconsidered.

Whether sub-classification of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC / ST) by state governments is constitutional or not. Can the state government give reservation benefits to new caste by creating sub-categories in SC / ST? The constitutional bench of 7 judges of the Supreme Court will now decide this issue.

Supreme Court’s decision of constitution bench of five judges

The constitution bench of five judges of the Supreme Court today said on Thursday that state governments can also create a category for SC / ST community for reservation so that some castes coming in SC / ST can be given priority for reservation over the rest.

EV Chinnaiah vs Andhra Pradesh case

Earlier, in 2004, in the case of EV Chinnaiya v. State of Andhra Pradesh in another case on this issue in the Supreme Court, a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court ruled that no quota is allowed within the quota received by a class. . So today, the bench of five judges of the Supreme Court sent this matter to the bench of 7 judges for further consideration.

Let me tell you that in today’s judgment of the Supreme Court, 5 judges are of the opinion that the decision of the year 2004 of the court needs to be revisited.