He even recalled earlier apex court rulings holding that any amendment to the Presidential Order of 1950 regarding inclusion of any particular community within the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes was within the purview of legislative action. He brought to the notice of the court that the NDA Government had rejected a request for inclusion of Dalit Christians within the category of Scheduled Castes in 2002. The apex court had also ruled that the list of entries in the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes categories under the Presidential Order was final and the courts could not “add or subtract”.
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