The Supreme Court today termed as sensitive and important the issue of granting Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Christians for extending benefits of reservation to them. The Apex court said that it might refer the matter for examination by a larger bench, if required.The apex court said it would also examine the meaning of 'caste' in terms of Articles 16(4) and 15(4) of the Constitution which deal with reservations in state jobs and empowerment of socially and educationally backward classes and ensure that none of the interested groups is left out from being heard.A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia said this while hearing the counsel appearing in the matter to find out whether hearing of the petition will be in conflict with any other bench which in the past may have dealt with an identical issue.Maintaining that a bunch of petitions before it raises constitutional issues, the bench, also comprising justices K S Radhakrishnan and Swatanter Kumar, said as far as possible the court want to hear every group and no group should be left out.The bench said it would bring the issue in public domain by putting it on the apex court's website.