Supreme Court refuses to lay down yardstick for granting reservation in promotion to SCs/STs

The apex court said it cannot lay down any yardstick to determine the inadequacy of representation of SCs/STs and it for the States to do so.

The Centre had earlier told the Bench that it is a fact of life that even after around 75 years if independence those belonging to SCs and STs have not been brought to the same level of merit as the forward classes.