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Chirag Paswan To File Review Petition Against Top Court’s SC/ST Subclassification Verdict

Union Minister Chirag Paswan expressed his disagreement with the Supreme Court's observation on creamy layer among Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, and said that the Lok Jandhakti Party (Ram Vilas) will be filing a review peition against the ruling. Emphasising that Dalit people in various spheres of life still face...

Supreme Court Grants State Governments Power To Sub-Classify SCs and STs

In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that states have the power to sub-classify Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs) and said that the authority concerned, while deciding if the class is adequately represented, must calculate adequacy based on effective and not quantitative representation. The...