[1]According to CHANDRACHUD, C.J., two tests should be conjunctively applied for identifying backward classes: one, they should be comparable to the SCs and STs in the matter of their backwardness; and, two, they should satisfy the test of economic backwardness laid down bt the State Government in the context of the prevailing economic conditions. M.p. Jain, Indian Constitutional Law, Sixth Edition 2010, LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa, Nagpur (p. 1051)
[2]As modified by the Constitutional (Eighty-Fifth Amendment) Act, 2001
[3]As added by the 82nd Constitutional (Amendment) Act, 2000
[4]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.Reservation_in_India#cite_note-sawhney-14 (Accessed on Sept. 20, 2016)
[5]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.Reservation_in_India#cite_note-sawhney-14 (Accessed on Sept. 20, 2016)