Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 184 · Decided 11 October 1973
Arati Ray Choudhury v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1973 INSC 184 · [1974] 2 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 459/1972
- Decided
- 11 October 1973
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, D.G. PALEKAR, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, P.N. BHAGWATI, V.R. KRISHNA IYER (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
F (i IJ ARATI RAY CHOUDHURY v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. October 11, 1973 LA· N. RAY, C.J., D. G. PALEKAR, Y. v. CHANDRACHUD, P. :N. BHAGWATI AND V. R. KRISHNA IYER, JJ.J 1 c_orkflilll:ion ot, India, A~t. 1~(,1)-Resenation of posts for Scheduled CaJte nuulldates m Rt~~.way S.upreme Court in Devadasan's case [1964] 4 S.C.R. 680 holdmg that the reservation for the backward communities should not be so excessive ~ .~o create ~ .monopoly or distur.b ~nduly the legitimate claims of ?!her c~mmumllcs, t~c Mtmstry of .Home A!Ia_s~ tssued ~ ~emorandu~ mOllify­ Ing the
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