Consider the following Assertion (A) and Reason (R): Assertion (A): The Union government has told the Supreme Court that extending the creamy layer principle to SC/ST reservation cannot be ordered by judicial directive and must be enacted through Parliament. Reason (R): Article 341 of the Constitution vests the power to specify or amend the list of Scheduled Castes exclusively in Parliament. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
Tests the ability to evaluate whether a constitutional provision genuinely functions as the explanatory basis for a government's legal position, not just whether both statements are independently true.
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This question is based on: The Centre Isn't Actually Fighting the Creamy Layer. It's Fighting Who Gets to Decide It