Article 341 in Constitution of India
341. Scheduled Castes
(1) The President may with respect to any State or Union territory, and where
declared by Parliament by law not to be a railway; [In article 366 of the Constitution, for clause (22), the following clause shall be substituted ... groups within such castes, races or tribes as are deemed under article 341 to be Scheduled Castes for the purposes of this Constitution; (25) "Scheduled
while moving to add new Articles 300-A and
300-B after Article 300 (corresponding to Articles 341 and
342 of the Constitution ... Articles 15(4) or 16(4) several persons have been coming
forward claiming to be covered by Presidential Orders issued
under Articles 341
this Bill. So also a few minor amendments in respect of articles 341, 342, 372 and 376. An Act to amend the Constitution of India ... House" shall be omitted. 8. Amendment of Article 174.-
For Article 174 of the Constitution, the following article shall be substituted, namely:- "174. Sessions
SCALE (1)3
ACT:
Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 341 and
342-- Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes--Reserva-
tion--Whether one who is recognised ... 17th September, 1949 dealing with
Articles 303 and 304 , which later on became Articles 341 and
342 respectively. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar moving the Resolution
Article 316.-In clauses (1) and (2), omit "or Rajpramukh". Article 317.-In clause (2), omit "or Rajpramukh". Article 318.-Omit "or Rajpramukh". Article ... First Schedule". Article 333.-Omit "or Rajpramukh". Article 337.-Omit "specified in Part A or Part B of the First Schedule". Article 339.-In clause
this stage.
In the Draft Constitution, there was no Article similar to Article 341
as is found in the present Constitution. Noticing the need ... defeated and the original draft Article was approved by the Constituent
Assembly which was renumbered as Article 341 in the present Constitution.
This part
ground that Article
16(4-A) and 16(4-B) do not flow from Article 16(4) , but instead flow from
Articles ... classification of Scheduled Castes so as to
violate Article 14 of the Constitution of
India?‖
Article 341 was then referred to, in which the Presidential
President has been
similarly empowered under Article 342(1) of the Constitution. Sub
clause (2) of Article 341 and Article 342 empowers the Parliament ... candidates.
(underlining is ours)
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21. ....Article 16(4) is not controlled by a
Presidential Order issued under Article 341(1)
or Article
respective Articles shall not be varied by any subsequent notification.
3. On a plain reading of Clause (1) of Articles 341 ... date was arbitrarily fixed and was therefore violative of Articles 14 and 19 and Articles 341 and 342 of the Constitution, Reference has been made