Sankaranarayanan: The reasoning for the reference to 9-Judges in Indra Sawhney was for the consideration of reservation of all kinds. I’m mentioning this because one of the critical observations in Indra Sawhney was lack of definition of backward classes.

Sankaranarayanan: In the 30 years since the directions have come up in Indra Sawhney, while the majority says there is a distinction between the Articles 15 and 16 classes, if you look at the Lists, there doesn’t seem to be any distinction.