NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court ruling favouring reservation within reservation for those castes and classes within SCs/STs/OBCs which have not benefited and continued to languish is in line with its various orders in which it favoured re-examination of the existing policy to ensure that benefits of the quota system reach to the people who need it.
A five-judge bench of Justices Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, M R Shah and Aniruddha Bose said preferential treatment of certain classes and castes within the reserved categories is the need of the hour as the benefits of reservation are not percolating down to the "neediest and poorest of poor".
The Supreme Court has, in recent times, has favoured changes in reservation policy so that the benefits are not usurped by a few groups within a particular category.
A Constitution bench of the apex court had in April held that lists of SCs, STs and OBCs for providing reservation are not "sacrosanct and unalterable". It suggested that beneficiaries should be revised by the government by removing those who have become affluent over the years and adding those who remain needy and require assistance.
It had that said benefits of reservation were being availed by some communities over the last 70 years and they have become well off economically and socially. It said benefits had not trickled down to all sections and there is dissatisfaction within the reserved class which can be addressed by revising the list.
"Now there is a cry within the reserved classes. By now, there are affluents and socially and economically advanced classes within Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. There is voice by deprived persons for social upliftment of some of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes, but they still do not permit benefits to trickle down to the needy. Thus, there is a struggle within, as to worthiness for entitlement within reserved classes of SCs, STs and other backward classes," the court had said.
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court ruling favouring reservation within reservation for those castes and classes within SCs/STs/OBCs which have not benefited and continued to languish is in line with its various orders in which it favoured re-examination of the existing policy to ensure that benefits of the quota system reach to the people who need it.
A five-judge bench of Justices Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, M R Shah and Aniruddha Bose said preferential treatment of certain classes and castes within the reserved categories is the need of the hour as the benefits of reservation are not percolating down to the "neediest and poorest of poor".
The Supreme Court has, in recent times, has favoured changes in reservation policy so that the benefits are not usurped by a few groups within a particular category.
A Constitution bench of the apex court had in April held that lists of SCs, STs and OBCs for providing reservation are not "sacrosanct and unalterable". It suggested that beneficiaries should be revised by the government by removing those who have become affluent over the years and adding those who remain needy and require assistance.
It had that said benefits of reservation were being availed by some communities over the last 70 years and they have become well off economically and socially. It said benefits had not trickled down to all sections and there is dissatisfaction within the reserved class which can be addressed by revising the list.
"Now there is a cry within the reserved classes. By now, there are affluents and socially and economically advanced classes within Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. There is voice by deprived persons for social upliftment of some of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes, but they still do not permit benefits to trickle down to the needy. Thus, there is a struggle within, as to worthiness for entitlement within reserved classes of SCs, STs and other backward classes," the court had said.
Agreeing with the contentions that the governmRead More – Source
