102nd Amendment Act and its issues
Introduction
In the judgment that declared the Maratha reservation unconstitutional, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court dealt with another issue.
By a 3:2 majority, it ruled that after the passage of the 102nd Constitution Amendment Act in 2018, the States do not have any power to identify ‘socially and educationally backward’ (SEBC) classes.
The Union government argued that it was never its intention to deprive State governmen
EXTENSION TO OBC SUB-CATEGORISATION COMMISSION
Recently Union Cabinet approved the 13th extension to the Justice Rohini Commission, to examine the sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes constituted under article 340 of the Constitution.
The initial deadline to submit the report was 12 weeks by 2nd January 2018.
About
The commission was constituted to examine the issue of sub-categorization within Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the Central List on 2nd October 2017.
In 2015