THOMMEN, J.1 287. Article 16 deals with equality of opportunity in matters of public employment. The kind of backwardness which is required to attract the special provisions protecting the backward…
S. Ratnavael Pandian. J. 179. The next baffling question relates to the permissible extent of reservation in appointments. 180. It was for the first time that this Court in Balaji…
S. Ratnavael Pandian. J. 194. The most important pivotal and crucial issue that I would now like to ponder over relates to the intent of para 2 (i) of the…
S. Ratnavael Pandian. J. 223. A further submission has been made stating that the benefits of reservation are often snatched away of eaten up by top creamy layer of socially…
S. Ratnavael Pandian. J. “158. A programme of reservation may sacrifice merit but does not in any way sacrifice competence because the beneficiaries under Article 16(4) have to possess the…
The Mandal Commission Report that recommended reservation to backward Class, was attacked on various ground when it was challenged in Indira Sawhney Case. (Indira Sawhney v Union of India 1993…
In Indira Sawhney v. Union of India (1992), amongst other issues, the Supreme Court made an analysis on whether caste can be taken as a criterion in determining that caste…
Article 16(4) expressly permits the State to make any provision for the reservation of appointments or posts in favour of any backward class of citizens which in the opinion of…
In Indira Sawhney v. Union of India (1992), while stating that the caste cannot be a sole factor for determining the backwardness, the Supreme Court made an analysis on the…
Article 16(4) expressly permits the State to make any provision for the reservation of appointments or posts in favour of any backward class of citizens which in the opinion of…
