New Delhi: The Supreme Court this morning said its 2006 verdict putting benefits of quotas in job promotions for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) employees need not be referred to a Seven-Judge Bench. The Apex Court also turned down the Centre’s plea that overall population of SC/ST be considered for granting quota for them.
The unanimous judgement was pronounced by a Five-Judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra. The Bench, comprising Justices Kurian Joseph, R.F. Nariman, S.K. Kaul and Indu Malhotra, said States need not collect quantifiable data on backwardness of SC/ST for giving quota in job promotion to SC/ST employees.
