Quota within Quota Debate – Everything You Need to Know

A 5-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court reopened the debate on quota within quota for SCs and STs by supporting their sub-classification to ensure equality in the upliftment of all within the marginalised community. Disagreeing with another SC verdict on the same subject, the case was referred to a larger bench comprising of 7 judges or more.

What is the recent SC observation on quota within quota?

• A five-judge constitution bench disagreed with 2004 SC verdict in EV Chinnaiah case, which ruled against giving preferential treatment to certain sub-castes within the Scheduled Castes
• It said that state legislatures could make laws to give preferential
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