SC rules sub-classification of SC/ST for extending reservation permissible, overrules 2004 judgment

In 2004, in the case of E.V. Chinnaiah vs State of Andhra Pradesh, a five-judge Constitution bench of Justice Santosh Hegde, Justice S.N. Variava, Justice B.P. Singh, Justice H.K. Sema, and Justice S.B. Sinha had held that the sub-classification amongst Scheduled Castes was impermissible.