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A divided court held that reservations could be made in promotions as well as appointments. This was overruled in the 1992 case Indra Sawhney & Others v. Union of India. [12] Akhil Bharatiya Soshit Karamchari Sangh (Railway) v. Union of India (1981) 1 SCC 246 [13]
By adding Articles 15(6) and 16(6) to the Indian Constitution, the state acquired the authority to impose specific restrictions on reservations for economically weaker sections, with a maximum of 10%. The Superem court compiled all the writ under the case Janhit Abhiyan Vs Union of India.
On 10 April 2008, the Supreme Court of India upheld the Government's 27% OBC quotas in Government funded institutions. The Court categorically reiterated its prior stand that "Creamy Layer" should be excluded from the ambit of reservation policy and private institutions are also not to be included in. The verdict produced mixed reactions.
Thus, the recommendation of reservations for OBCs in central government services was finally implemented in 1992. [8] The Supreme Court of India gave verdict that 27% central government reservation for OBCs is valid. [4] However, some states denied the existence of the creamy layer, and a report commissioned by the supreme court was implemented.
Union of India case, the Supreme Court upheld the Ninety-third Constitutional Amendment and Central Educational Institutions(CEIs) (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006, [4] for the provision of 27% quota for candidates belonging to the Other Backward Classes in IITs, NITs, IIMs, AIIMS, IISc and other premier educational institutions. But it ...
It was the first major judgement regarding caste-based reservations in Republic of India. In its ruling, the Supreme Court upheld the Madras High Court judgement, which in turn had struck down the Government Order (G.O) passed in 1927 in the Madras Presidency. [1] The G.O had provided caste-based reservation in government jobs and college seats.
Reservation policy in Bihar is a system of affirmative action that provides historically disadvantaged groups representation in education and employment. Reservations in the state rose from 60 percent in 2021 to 75 percent in 2023. [1] In June 2024, Patna High Court struck down the new reservation policy. [2]
The ordinance for EBC reservation lapsed [D] on 4 October as the case is in the Supreme Court which had earlier given interim direction to not allow fresh admissions or recruitment under the EBC reservation. [164] Several Patidar leaders had requested to vote against BJP in the local body elections.