Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 881 · Decided 26 September 2018
Jarnail Singh & Others v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 881 · [2018] 10 S.C.R. 663
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 30621/2011
- Decided
- 26 September 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, KURIAN JOSEPH, R.F. NARIMAN, SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, INDU MALHOTRA (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 16, 14, 16(1), 341, 342, 341(2)
Headnote
Constitution of India - Arts.16(4-A), 16(4-B), 335, 341 and 342 - Interpretation of - Reservation in promotion - Judgment in M. Nagaraj case - Correctness of - Referred to five judge Constitution Bench - Held: Judgment in not need to be referred to seven-Judge Bench - However, the conclusion in M. Nagaraj case that the State has to collect quantifiable data showing backwardness of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, being contrary to the nine-Judge Bench in Indra Sawhney (1) case, is held
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