The Supreme Court also turned down Centre’s plea that overall population of SC/ST be considered for granting quota for them.
HIGHLIGHTS
- SC refused to refer its 2006 verdict on SC/ST job promotion to a 7-judge bench
- SC turned down Centre’s plea for SC/ST to be considered for granting quota
- A 5-judge Constitution bench pronounced the unanimous judgementThe Supreme Court today turned down an appeal to reconsider its own earlier order that had rejected the idea of reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs) or Scheduled Tribes (STs) in job promotions.The court today essentially upheld its 2006 order that had said that it was not mandatory for the government to give reservations in promotions in public sector jobs.
However, the court overturned one aspect of the 2006 order that had put a condition for the government to follow in case it wished to provide reservation in jobs.
The Supreme Court today held that states need not collect quantifiable data on the backwardness of SCs and STs for giving quota in job promotions. The 2006 order had made it mandatory for states to collect this data in case they wished to give reservations in job promotions.
A plea had asked the Supreme Court to set up a bench larger than the one that delivered the 2006 verdict and to reconsider the idea of having reservations for SCs and STs in job promotions.
The unanimous judgment today was pronounced by a five-judge Constitution bench.
The bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said that the states need not collect quantifiable data on the backwardness of SCs and STs for giving quota in job promotion to SC and ST employees.
