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India News: Undeterred by the Chinnaiah ruling, Congress govt in Punjab led by Amarinder Singh had identified Balmikis and Mazhabis (Sikhs) as Maha Dalits and ear.
Justice Gavai, a Dalit himself and slated to become CJI in May next year, said, "A person from the SC/ST community, after getting into central services like IAS and IPS, gets access to the best of facilities. Yet, his children and their children continue to get benefits of reservation. Should this continue?" The Punjab government argued that those who have advanced through higher representation in government service should make way for deprived communities within the SC fold.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Supreme Court, examining whether states can sub-classify scheduled castes and scheduled tribes for grant of quota inside quota, on Wednesday said all SCs and STs may not be homogenous in terms of their sociological, economic, education and social status. India News | Castes of SCs, STs May Not Be Homogenous in Terms of Social, Economic Status: SC.
There is heterogeneity in terms of past occupation... social status and other indicators may be different for different castes inside the Scheduled Castes. So, the degree of social and economic backwardness may vary from from one person or caste to another, says the bench
The top court is hearing references to revisit a five-judge constitution bench judgement of 2004 in the case of 'EV Chinnaiah vs. State of Andhra Pradesh' in which it was held that SCs and STs are homogenous groups and hence, states cannot further sub-classify inside SCs and STs to grant quota inside quota for more deprived and weaker castes in these groups.