Live Law
2026-04-22 09:38:52
Dwivedi:construe article 26 is a expansive manner and construce article 25(2)(b) in an expansive manner keeping in mind the context of the entirety of articles 25, 26, 27 and 28
in this context, kindly examine suppose article 25(2)(b) is made applicable to article 26 and the state could make a law under this, two question will arise: reform means social reform, it can't mean religious reform but more important is expression throwing open- this expression, under the GOI Act, 1935, there was a Poona pact between gandhiji and ambedkar there was an agreement that there will be reservation in services for dalits but no separate electorate. based on this, the GOI Act 1935 was passed. Scheduled Caste order 1950 was passed. there was a special feature why classes and sections- for every province, there was a separate schedule. it was not uniform class. this feature continues under our constitution where the president issues nofification about the scheduled caste and scheduled tribes list

