BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · प्रश्न 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)?
उत्तर दाखवा आणि स्पष्टीकरण
उत्तर: (B) Tanti-Tantwa
स्पष्टीकरण
The Supreme Court held that only Parliament can modify the presidential SC list under Article 341.
- (A) चूक
Wrong: not the community in the case.
- (B) बरोबर
Correct: Bihar had merged Tanti-Tantwa (an EBC) with the SC 'Pan/Sawasi' group; the SC quashed it.
- (C) चूक
Wrong: Pan is the existing SC entry, not the added community.
- (D) चूक
Wrong: not the community in the case.