'Can't be superficial or illusory': SC declares TN's Vanniyar quota law unconstitutional (Lead)

The Supreme Court on Thursday said caste can be the starting point for identifying backward classes, but cannot be the sole basis as it declared a Tamil Nadu 2021 law on internal reservation of 10.5 per cent in jobs and education to the 'Vanniyar' community ultra vires of the fundamental rights to equality and non-discrimination on the basis of caste.

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