ldquo So sadly and oppressively deep rooted is caste in our country that it has cut across even the...........

“So sadly and oppressively deep-rooted is caste in our country that it has cut across even the barriers of religion. The caste system has penetrated other religious and dissentient Hindu sects to whom the practice of caste should be anathema and we find that practitioner of other religious faiths and Hindus dissentients are sometimes as rigid adherents to the system of caste as the conservative Hindus”.

In light of the above observation, critically evaluate the constitutional provision related to the recent demand of reservation for the Muslim Community from the quota of reservation for OBC.     10 Marks