Polity & Governance
Indian Express Explained · 16 OctConsider the following pairs regarding the constitutional and legal framework governing reservation and scheduled caste status in India:
Pairs
- Article 341 — Empowers the President to specify Scheduled Castes through a public notification, and Parliament to modify such list by law
- Article 16(4) — Enables the State to make provisions for reservation in appointments for any backward class of citizens not adequately represented in services
- Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, Paragraph 3 — Restricts SC status to persons professing Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism, excluding those professing Islam or Christianity
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?