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The Centre backed the idea of earmarking most backward categories within SC/STs to enable the states to frame appropriate policies on subclassification | Latest News India
In a hearing of the Punjab reservation case, a seven-judge Supreme Court bench consisting of the chief justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud remarked that those falling under the backward class and having gained benefits from the reservation shall make way for people from the extremely backward classes and retract themselves from the reserved categories.
States have argued that despite reservation, some castes are grossly underrepresented in comparison with the so-called dominant Scheduled Castes. They want to create a separate quota for such castes within the SC quota.
Telis and Modh Ghanchis, the sub-group to which PM belongs, have been part of OBC list in Gujarat since 1995, included in Central list since 1999.
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgment on the question whether a sub-classification is permissible within the scheduled castes (SCs) and scheduled tribes (STs) for providing benefits of affirmative action.A 7-judge Constitution ...