![[BREAKING] "Sub-Classification of Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes Permissible": SC (By 6:1 Majority) Overrules EV Chinnaiah](https://i0.wp.com/lawchakra.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-5.png?resize=447%2C367&ssl=1)
In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court Today (August 1st) upheld the power of States to sub-classify reserved category groups, viz. the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/STs), into different groups based on their inter se backwardness for extending the benefits of reservation.
