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A. P. SEN, Y. V. CHANDRACHUD, O. CHHINNAPPA REDDY, D. A. DESAI, E. S. VENKATARAMIAH
K. C. Vasanth Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Karnataka – Respondent
Question 1? How to identify which groups constitute "backward classes" under Articles 15(4) and 16(4) and what criteria may be used?
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Judgment
CHANDRACHUD, CJI. :- My learned Brethren have expressed their respective points of view on the policy of reservations which, alas. is even figuratively, a burning issue today. We were invited by the counsel not so much as to deliver judgments but to express our opinion on the issue of reservations, which may serve as a guideline to the Commission which the Government of Karnataka proposes to appoint, for examining the question of affording better employment and educational opportunities to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes. A somewhat unusual exercise is being undertaken by the Court in giving expression to its views without reference to specific facts. But, institutions profit by well-meaning innovations. The facts will appear before the Commission and it will evolve suitable tests in the matter of reservations. I cannot resist expressing the hope that the deep thinking and sincerity which has gone into the formulation of the opinions expressed by my learned Brethren will not go waste. The proposed Commission should give its close application to their weighty opinions. Mine is only a skeletal effort. I reserve the right to elaborate upon it, but
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