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 I
NTRODUCTI
ON
ThecaseofR.
C.Poudy
ali
srel
atedt
oreser
vat
ioni
nthenewl
yconst
it
utedl
egi
slat
ive
assembl
yint
heSt
ateofSi
kki
m andt
heconst
it
uti
onalv
ali
dit
yofsuchr
eser
vat
ionskept
j
uxt
aposet
oAr
ti
cl
e15oft
heConst
it
uti
on.

Fact
soft
heCase.

Si
kki
m wasunderaMonar
chyofhi
erar
chi
calr
uler
soft
he 
Sanghat
ri
be 
evenaf
tert
he
I
ndi
ani
ndependenceanddi
dnotbecomeI
ndi
a’
spar
tti
l
l1973.Dur
ingt
heper
iodofear
ly
1970s,t
hepeopl
ewant
edr
epr
esent
ati
oni
nthegov
ernment
,equalr
ight
sasanyot
her
s
andpr
osper
it
y.Thi
sledt
othef
ormat
ionofsev
eralpol
i
ticalpar
ti
esi
ntheSt
atewho
cl
aimedt
orepr
esentt
heconcer
nsoft
hepeopl
eofSi
kki
m Thepol
i
ticalpar
ti
esf
ought
andar
guedagai
nstt
hemonar
cht
ryi
ngt
oconv
incehi
mtoconv
ertt
heSt
atei
ntoa
Democr
acyf
rom Monar
chy
.

I
n1973,t
her
ulerofSi
kki
m ent
eredi
ntoanagr
eementwi
tht
heI
ndi
angov
ernmenton
onesi
deandt
hepol
i
ticalpar
ti
esi
nSi
kki
m ont
heot
hersi
det
oaccedei
ntot
heI
ndi
an
t
err
it
ory
,toabi
debyt
heI
ndi
anConst
it
uti
onandt
oconv
ertSi
kki
mint
oademocr
ati
c
St
atel
i
ket
her
estoft
heSt
atesi
nIndi
a.Theel
ect
ioncommi
ssi
onofI
ndi
awasgi
vent
he
powert
ohol
del
ect
ionsev
ery4y
ear
sfort
heel
ect
ionofPr
imeMi
nist
erandot
her
mi
nist
ersoft
hegov
ernment
.

Accor
dingt
othenewchangesi
ntheI
ndi
andemogr
aphy
,theConst
it
uti
onwasamended
and 
Art
icl
e371F 
wasi
nser
tedt
otheConst
it
uti
onpr
ovi
dingspeci
alpr
ovi
sionsf
ort
he
St
ateofSi
kki
m.Cl
ause‘
f’oft
heAr
ti
cle371Fpr
ovi
dedpower
stot
heI
ndi
anPar
li
ament
t
omakepr
ovi
si
onsf
orr
eser
vat
ionofseat
sint
heSi
kki
mlegi
slat
iveassembl
yforpeopl
e
ofSi
kki
minschedul
edcast
esandschedul
edt
ri
besorot
herf
ormsofbackwar
dpeopl
e.

Hence,
 
outoft
he32seat
sint
heSi
kki
mlegi
slat
iveassembl
y,12seat
swer
ereser
ved
f
ort
heSi
kki
mesel
ocalt
ri
beofBhut
ia-
Lepchaand1seatwasr
eser
vedf
orSangha
communi
tywhi
chconsi
stsofpeopl
efr
om t
hemonast
eri
es.
 Fur
ther
,itwasdeci
dedt
hat
i
nthe el
ect
ion f
ort
he 1 seatofSanghas,onl
ypeopl
e bel
ongi
ng t
othe Sangha
communi
tycoul
dpar
ti
cipat
eint
heel
ect
ionand1per
sonwi
l
lbesel
ect
edoutoft
hose.

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Now,t
hepet
it
ionerwasa Si
kki
meseNepal
ili
vi
ng i
n Si
kki
m and hecl
aimed t
hat
r
eser
vat
ioni
nlegi
sl
ati
veassembl
ycannotbemadeont
hebasi
sofr
eli
gionandcast
e
andal
sot
hatsuchahi
ghnumberofr
eser
vat
ioni
sinv
iol
ati
onof
 Ar
ti
cle15 
oft
he
Const
it
uti
on.Fur
ther
,itwast
hecaseoft
hepet
it
ionert
hatasepar
ateel
ect
oralr
ollf
or
t
heel
ect
ionof1sanghat
ri
beper
soni
sar
bit
rar
yanddi
scr
imi
nat
ory
.Hence,t
hecase
r
eachedbef
oret
heHon’
bleSupr
emeCour
tofI
ndi
a.

AI
MS&OBJECTI
VE
 Toanal
yset
hei
ssuesr
aisedbef
oret
hecour
tint
hegi
vencase.
 Toanal
yset
hef
indi
ngsandobser
vat
ionsoft
hecour
tint
hegi
vencase.
 

RESEARCHMETHODOLOGY
Ther
esear
cherhasadopt
edpur
elyadoct
ri
nalmet
hodofr
esear
ch.Ther
esear
cherhas
madeext
ensi
veuseoft
hebooksandi
nter
netsour
ces.Thedoct
ri
nalr
esear
chhel
psi
n
compar
ati
vest
udyoft
het
opi
c.

SOURCESOFDATA
Ther
esear
cherwi
l
lber
ely
ingonsecondar
ysour
cest
ocompl
etet
hepr
oject
.Secondar
y
sour
ces–books,
websi
tes.

LI
MITATI
ONS
Ther
esear
cherhast
imeaswel
last
err
it
ori
all
i
mit
ati
onsi
ncompl
eti
ngt
hepr
oject
.

MODEOFCI
TATI
ON
Ther
esear
cherwi
l
lfol
l
owBl 20thedi
uebook( ti
on)f
orcompl
eti
ngt
hepr
oject
.

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TENTATI
VECHAPTERI
SATI
ON
1.I
ntr
oduct
ion(
Fact
soft
hecase)

2.Hi
stor
ical
backgr
oundofSi
kki
m andi
tsaccessi
ont
oIndi
a

3.Anal
ysi
s

3.
1. I
ssuest
hatt
hecour
tdeal
twi
th

4.Cr
it
iqueoft
hepol
i
tical
&hi
stor
ical
argumentusedbyt
hecour
t

5.Concl
usi
on

6.Bi
bli
ogr
aphy

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