SC allows states to sub-classify SCs, STs for quotas within reserved categories
NEW DELHI: In a majority verdict on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that states have the authority to sub-classify Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to allocate quotas within the reserved category, aiming to uplift more underprivileged groups. A seven-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud held a 6:1 majority that the further sub-classification of SCs and STs by states can be permitted to ensure the grant of quotas to more backward castes inside these groups. The majority verdict overturned a 2004 judgement by a five-judge constitution bench in the EV Chinnaiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh case, which had ruled that sub-classification was not permissible as SC/STs were considered homogeneous classes. The apex court pronounced the judgment in connection with a case concerning the validity of the Punjab Scheduled Caste and Backward Classes Act, 2006, which involved the sub-classification of reserved category communities.
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