ISSUE:
Whether the Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes (Rationalisation of Reservations) Act, 2000 (“the Act”), is violative of Article 341(2) of the Constitution of India?
Whether the Act is constitutionally invalid for lack of legislative competence?
Whether the subclassification of Scheduled Castes violates Article 14 of the Constitution of India?
RULE:
The classification of Scheduled Castes in the Constitution was meant to address the historically oppressed groups as a unified whole.
Any sub-classification within Scheduled Castes, for preferential treatment, would be discriminatory and unconstitutional under Articles 14, 15, and 16 of the Constitution.