Supreme Court says SC/STs can get quota in home state only
On Thursday, a constitutional bench of the Supreme court issued a statement. The Supreme Court says that the scheduled castes or scheduled tribes can avail the benefits of reservation in government jobs. But that should be in their home state only. They can’t access quotas in other states where they have migrated. The Supreme Court is upholding the “son of soil” principle. The bench claims if a person’s status migrates with him, it will result in the deprivation of the rights of the scheduled castes and tribes of the host…
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