Supreme Court okays quota within quota for marginalised among SCs, STs

In a 6:1 verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that sub-classification of Scheduled Castes.

And Scheduled Tribes was permissible to grant separate quotas for the more marginalised among backward communities. Justice Bela Trivedi has dissented.

The Constitution bench, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, overruled the 2005 judgment of the top court that had held that state governments had no power to create sub-categories of SCs for the purpose of reservation.