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Swarup takes the bench to NM Thomas on the contention of lumping and birthmark theories

Swarup: the birthmarks are live and there but they stand eclipsed by the constitutional mandate, constitutional scheme, when the scheme says that now for the purposes of the constitution this is my list...the birthmark of the race, caste etc stand eclisped. So it is heterogeneous and homogeneous at the same time