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The Supreme Court, by a 6:1 majority, overruled its earlier decision in E.V. Chinnaiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh and held that sub-classification of Scheduled Castes for the purpose of reservation is constitutionally permissible. The Court examined whether the Scheduled Castes constitute a …
The Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019 amended Articles 15 and 16 of the Indian Constitution to empower the State to provide up to 10% reservation for 'economically weaker sections' (EWS) of citizens, excluding Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and the non-creamy layer of …
The petitioners, officers of the Orissa Administrative Service‑II, were senior to SC/ST officers appointed to reserved vacancies and were later promoted to OAS‑I (JB). After the 85th Constitution Amendment amended Art.16(4A) to permit states to grant promotion with consequential seniority to SC/STs, …
The Karnataka government enacted the Karnataka Extension of Consequential Seniority to Government Servants Promoted on the Basis of Reservation Act, 2018 to grant consequential seniority to SC/ST promotees, after the earlier 2002 Act was struck down in *B K Pavitra I* for lacking the data required …
The Supreme Court examined a slew of petitions seeking a referral of the M. Nagaraj judgment to a larger bench, focusing on the validity of its requirement that States collect quantifiable data on the backwardness of Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) for promotion reservations. The …
The Supreme Court examined the Karnataka Determination of Seniority of Government Servants Promoted on the Basis of Reservation Act, 2002, which granted consequential seniority to SC/ST government servants promoted under reservation and protected seniority accorded since 1978. Petitioners challenged …
The case concerned the validity of a 1997 Office Memorandum that withdrew an earlier 1970 order which had relaxed qualifying marks for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates in departmental promotion examinations. The appellants argued that the withdrawal violated the constitutional …
The Rajasthan Government issued notifications granting reservation in promotion for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, which were later quashed by the Rajasthan High Court because the State had not complied with the quantifiable data requirements laid down in M. Nagaraj's case. General‑category …
The Supreme Court examined the constitutional validity of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, particularly sections 3, 12(1)(b) and 12(1)(c), which impose admission and fee‑reimbursement obligations on schools. The petitioners argued that these provisions infringed the …
The petitioners challenged the Constitution (Seventy‑Seventh), (Eighty‑First), (Eighty‑Second) and (Eighty‑Fifth) Amendment Acts, which inserted Article 16(4A) (reservation in promotion for SC/STs with consequential seniority), Article 16(48) (exclusion of carry‑forward vacancies from the 50% …
