BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · প্রশ্ন 116
Which community, categorised as Scheduled Caste by a 2015 Bihar government notification, had that notification quashed by the Supreme Court in July 2024 (states cannot alter the Article 341 list)?
উত্তর দেখান ও ব্যাখ্যা
উত্তর: (B) Tanti-Tantwa
ব্যাখ্যা
The Supreme Court held that only Parliament can modify the presidential SC list under Article 341.
- (A) ভুল
Wrong: not the community in the case.
- (B) সঠিক
Correct: Bihar had merged Tanti-Tantwa (an EBC) with the SC 'Pan/Sawasi' group; the SC quashed it.
- (C) ভুল
Wrong: Pan is the existing SC entry, not the added community.
- (D) ভুল
Wrong: not the community in the case.