Supreme Court · [1992] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 454 · Decided 16 November 1992
Indra Sawhney and ORS. ETC. ETC. v. Union of India and ORS. ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- [1992] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 454
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 930/1990
- Decided
- 16 November 1992
- Bench
- M.H. KANIA, M.N. VENKATACHALIAH, A.M. AHMADI, S. RATNAVEL PANDIAN, T.K. THOMMEN, KULDIP SINGH, P.B. SAWANT, R.M. SAHAI, B.P. JEEVAN REDDY (9-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 16, 16(1), 15, 14, 38(2), 46, 333, 226
Headnote
\VHNEY AND ORS. ETC. ETC. v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. ETC. ETC. NOVEMBER 16, 1992 B (M.H. KANIA, 0., M.N. VENKATACHALIAH, S. RATNAVEL c PAJ'!DIAN, DR. T.K. THOMMEN, AM. AHMADI, KULDIP SINGH, P.B. SAWANT, R.M. SAHAI AND B.P. JEEVAN REDDY, JJ.) Constitution of India, 1950: Article an exception to Article 16(1), D whether clause( 4) exhaustive of special provisions to be made in favour of 'backward class of citizens' or in favour of all sections, classes or groups-­ Whether reservations to be made under clause ( 1) or whether it only permitted extending concession. E F
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