Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Foundation ... vs Union Of India (Uoi) And Ors. on 5 July, 2004
12. It is, however, necessary to give proper meaning to the expressions 'for the purpose of this Constitution' and 'in relation to that State' appearing in Articles 341 and 342 of the Constitution. The High Court of Gujarat has taken the view in two decisions, namely, Kum. Manju Singh vs. The Dean, B.J. Medical College, and Ghanshyam Kisan Borikar vs. L.D. Engineering College, to which our attention was drawn, that the phrase 'for the purposes of this Constitution' cannot be and should not be made subservient to the phrase 'in relation to that State' and therefore, it was held in those two decisions that in consequence, the classification made by one State placing a particular caste or tribe in the category of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes would entitle a member of that caste or tribe to all the benefits, privileges and protections under the Constitution of India.