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Supreme Court verdict on reservation in promotions for SC/STs
September 30 , 2018
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- The Supreme Court, on 26 September 2018, ruled that states don’t have to collect quantifiable data on ‘backwardness’ for SC/ST quota in job promotions.
- The court refused to refer the pleas against its M Nagaraj vs Union of India (2006) judgment to a larger seven-judge bench.
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- In the case of M Nagaraj vs Union of India (2006), the Supreme Court had laid down the criteria for granting reservation to the members of the SC/ST communities for the purpose of promotions.
- Now, the Supreme Court had reversed the earlier judgment on collecting quantifiable data to prove backwardness.
- It said that the verdict in 2006 was contrary to the decision in Indira Sawhney case (1992).
- In that case, it was held that once SCs and STs were part of the Presidential List under Articles 341 and 342 of the Constitution, and there was no need to prove backwardness.
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