The Supreme Court on Thursday, 1 August 2024, ruled that state governments have the authority to create subclassifications within SC and STs for preferential reservations. A recap.
It is a well-settled principle in law that reservation to a backward class is not a constitutional mandate. It is the prerogative of the state concerned, with an object of providing opportunity of advancement in society. (Screengrab)
A notable feature of Indian society is that out of the disadvantaged people who are dealt with by the law, categories asserting their further discrimination have emerged. The situation calls for a sensitive response. A relook into the Madiga agitation in the light of the Supreme Court ruling that states have the right to subclassify castes.