The Madars High Court has dismissed case filed against the President for approving the amendment to rename the 7 sub-sects from Scheduled Castes as Devendrakula Vellalars.
The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021, seeks to regroup the seven Scheduled Caste sub-castes — Pallar, Kudumbar, Kadaiyar, Pannadi, Kaaladi, Vadhiriyar, and Devendrakulathar — as ‘Devendrakula Vellalar’ community.
Karvendan, a resident of Karur, had filed a public interest litigation at the Madras High Court seeking an injunction restraining the President from approving the law and not publishing it in the Gazette.
He stated that the law was passed by the Parliament when there were no MPs from Tamil Nadu and that the bill was passed to satisfy certain community leaders in the view of elections. He also said that it was against the Model Code of Conduct.
The case came up for hearing in a session comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamurthy, who said the President had already approved the amendment and dismissed the petition.
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