[Marxistindia] Supreme Court Permits the Sub-classification of Scheduled Castes

[news from the cpi(m)]

August 1, 2024

Press Statement:

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

Supreme Court Permits the Sub-classification of Scheduled Castes

A 7-Judge bench of the Supreme Court (by 6-1) held that sub classification
of Scheduled Castes is permissible. The Supreme Court also permitted
separate quotas for more backwards within the SC categories. The Supreme
Court directed that the State has to justify the sub-classification on the
basis of empirical data regarding the inadequacy of representation of the
sub-class. 

The governments, as per the direction of the Supreme Court, must now take
all necessary measures to ensure that the backward sections of the SCs are
provided with facilities for improving their conditions. 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) calls upon the governments to work out
appropriate steps to ensure that the backward sections within the SCs are
brought into the fold of affirmative action. 

 

 

Muralidharan

For CPI(M) Central Committee Office

 

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