‘States can sub-classify Scheduled Castes for quota purposes’
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Thursday held that sub-classification among the Scheduled Castes “for giving more beneficial treatment” is permissible in law. The majority (6-1) verdict was passed by a seven-member bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. SC made it clear that states will have to justify the sub-classification “on the basis … Read more
