Question

The Supreme Court of India declared the Act providing 10.5% internal reservations to the Vanniyar community in Tamil Nadu to be ‘unconstitutional’ because

• A. The State Government lacked competence to enact this statute
• B. Only the President can determine those who are most backward.
• C. Reservations are against the basic structure of the Constitution of India.
• D. The Vanniyars do not constitute a class apart from other OBC categories and hence this goes against Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Constitution of India.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

The Vanniyars do not constitute a class apart from other OBC categories and hence this goes against Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Constitution of India.

Answer 2

The correct option is (D): The Vanniyars do not constitute a class apart from other OBC categories and hence this goes against Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Constitution of India.