Justice R.M. Sahai 744. The aspect next to be considered is whether clause (4) is exhaustive of the very concept of reservations? In other words, the question is whether any…
Justice R.M. Sahai 743. The question then arises whether clause (4) of Article 16 is exhaustive of the topic of reservations in favour of backward classes. Before we answer this…
Justice R.M. Sahai 741. In Balaji (AIR 1963 Supreme Court 649) it was held – “there is no doubt that Article 15(4) has to be read as a proviso or…
Justice R.M. Sahai 738. A question is raised whether an executive order made in terms of Article 16(4) is effective and enforceable by itself or whether it is necessary that…
Justice R.M. Sahai 735. Sri K. K. Venugopal, learned counsel for the petitioner in writ petition No. 930 of 1990 submits that the “provision” contemplated by clause (4) of Article…
685. Draft Article 10 corresponds to Article 16. The debate in the Constituent Assembly on draft Article 10 and particularly Cl. (3), thereof (corresponding to Cl. (4) of Article 16)…
655. By an Order made by the President of India, in the year 1979, under Article 340 of the Constitution, a Backward Class Commission was appointed to investigate the conditions…
The First Backward Classes Commission (Kalelkar Commission) : 652. The proceedings of the Constituent Assembly on draft Article (10) disclose a persistent and strident demand from certain sections of the…
647. Part XVI of the Constitution contains “special provisions relating to certain classes”. The “classes” for which special provisions are made are, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Anglo-Indian Community.…
Justice BP Jeevan Reddy 641. Inasmuch as public employment always gave a certain status and power – it has always been the repository of State power – besides the means…
