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September 1 , 2020
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- Supreme Court ruled that the states can sub classify list of Scheduled Caste, Socially and Educationally Backward Classes and Scheduled Tribes to provide preferential treatment to those that are deprived within.
- This means the Tamil Nadu Arunthathiyars Act 2009, providing 3% reservation to the community within the 18% SC quota, will continue to be in force.
- The bench disagreed with the 2004 judgement of Supreme Court in E V Chinnaiah Vs State of Andhra Pradesh.
- In 2009, the TN State government, headed by M Karunanidhi, introduced a special quota for the community, combining seven castes out of the 74 listed in the SC category.
- The sub-quota was introduced based on a report submitted by the Justice Janarthanam Commission.
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