Supreme Court Allows Sub-Classification of Scheduled Castes for Separate Quotas, Overrules E.V. Chinnaiah Judgment.
A seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court, including Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath, Bela M. Trivedi, Pankaj Mithal, Manoj Misra, and Satish Chandra Sharma, ruled 6-1 in favor of allowing sub-classification of Scheduled Castes (SCs) to create separate quotas for the more disadvantaged groups within the SC categories. The […]