Kumar: They're living outside- on mountains etc. [Kumar mentions names of the northeast Mongolian tribes; the central Tribes; the south indian tribes]
Kindly permit me to read prohibition against discrimination under Article 15(1).
Kumar: They're not caucasians, mainland Indians are all caucasians. On the submissions of casteless society - all these people are casteless- why did they not live in mainland? Because they don't believe in caste.
Kumar: ...are either caste or tribes. I'll come to OBCs later. What if two words are deleted from 15 and 16, namely gender and caste? Would it not affect the basic structure?
Kumar: Who are declared as this? Kindly come to Article 341. 341 says that the president may, with respect to any state or UT by public notification specify the caste, races or tribes or parts/groups of them which shall be STs. So the entire list of SCs and ST.
Kumar: These are the most primitive tribes. In India, these tribes are STs, they do not belong to the main race of caucasians. All these races are eliminated. All tribes of Assam, Nicobar are eliminated because they are STs.
Kumar: To their surprise, they found that not a single Nicobar person was touched. Researchers came. It was found that tribes of Nicobar lived with perfect harmony with nature. When monkeys started climbing trees, they also went.
Kumar: Indian Navy went to Andaman and they were able to save. But when they went to Nicobar they didn't find any soul. So they declared that Nicobar was perished but they continued their search.
Sr. Adv. Prof. Ravivarma Kumar: Kindly recollect the disaster of 2005 on this country. Lakhs of people perished and millions uprooted. So Indian Navy undertook action to save people. They went to entire coastal area.
Counsel: Enabling provision of the Constitution cannot override the mandate of fundamental rights. On the issue of 10%, the others have two arenas but the general category has only one arena.
SG: AG wanted to place a note which he will do by tomorrow.