Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes) Act, 1991

The State of Bihar amended its judicial service rules in 2009 to introduce reservation for various backward classes, but the High Court quashed the amendments on the ground that the State had not undertaken the constitutionally mandated consultation with the High Court under Articles 233 and 234. The Supreme Court affi…

The State of Bihar issued a resolution on 1 July 2015, based on the State Backward Commission’s recommendation, to delete the "Tanti‑Tantwa" caste from the Extremely Backward Classes list and merge it with the "Pan/Sawasi" entry in the Scheduled Castes list, thereby extending Scheduled Caste benefits to its members. Th…

The Supreme Court examined whether Section 4 of the Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes) Act, 1991 (as amended) could be applied to the recruitment of district judges and other members of the subordinate judiciary. The Court held that t…

The respondent, Rohit Nandan, was appointed as a Postal Assistant in 1997 under the OBC category based on a Tanti caste certificate. In 2015, the Bihar Government deleted the Tanti caste from the OBC list and merged it with the Pan/Swasi caste in the Scheduled Castes list, after which the respondent obtained a Schedule…