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Three persons belonging to the Scheduled Caste community have alleged that they were brutally thrashed by a wine shop owner, who also used casteist slurs against them, but the Delhi Police did not lodge a case under the SC/ST Act.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union of India to submit the cadre wise contemptuous data to determine the alleged inadequacy in the representation of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in government jobs in connection to the plea seeking reservations in promotions.
The Supreme Court says state governments ought to collect quantifiable data before granting reservation in promotion to SC/ST employees; further added that it cannot lay down new yardstick after Constitution bench decisions.
The court said that states were required to collect quantifiable data on representation of the communities in government jobs.