SC ready to test reservation demand for dalit Christians and Muslims
SC ready to test reservation demand for dalit Christians and Muslims TNN, Jan 22, 2011, 05.17am IST NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday framed questions to test the validity of the demand based on the Ranganath Misra Commission recommendation for inclusion of dalit Christians and Muslims in the scheduled caste list to avail quota in education and jobs. A Bench comprising Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Swatanter Kumar posted for February 24 final hearing on petitions challenging the Presidential Order of 1950 limiting reservation to dalits among Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists. It also made the national commissions for minorities and scheduled castes parties to the pending petitions, issued notices and asked for their responses. The SC commission has said it had no objection to reservation given to dalit Muslims and Christians but had asked the Centre to ensure that it did not carve out quota for them from the existing 15% for SCs. The government had said...