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While the purpose of reservations is to help communities overcome generational and systemic hurdles, the bench correctly has said that any sub-classification will require a set of criteria.
A Congress govt headed by Giani Zail Singh set aside 50% of the SC quota for Valmikis and Mazhabi Sikhs in 1975; AAP govt that is in power now has argued in SC that "it is no longer about advantaged, disadvantaged but about disadvantaged, more disadvantaged"
In a hearing of the Punjab reservation case, a seven-judge Supreme Court bench consisting of the chief justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud remarked that those falling under the backward class and having gained benefits from the reservation shall make way for people from the extremely backward classes and retract themselves from the reserved categories.
If there are a host of backward classes, can the State pick out only two for example? Those who are excluded can always challenge their classification under Article 14 on the ground that we fulfil all criteria of backwardness, says the bench