‘Pan-India reservation rule applies to Delhi’
News:
- Supreme Court held that the reservation is state pacific.
Important Facts:
2. Five judge constitution bench held, a person belonging to a SC/ST in one State cannot be deemed to be a Scheduled Caste person in any other State to for the purpose of employment or education.
3. Benefits of reservation provided by the Constitution would confined to the geographical territories of a State/Union Territory.
4. According to Supreme Court also said for Delhi Pan-India reservation rule applies in accord with constitutional scheme.
5. Means people belonging to Scheduled Casts (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) and migrated to the Delhi from other states cannot be denied benefit of the reservation in government jobs.
6. However Justice Banubhati of the same bench has expressed differed views and said, the reservation in employment should be provided only to those SC/ST specified for the respective Union Territories.
