Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 105 · Decided 28 January 2022
Jarnail Singh & Ors v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 105 · [2022] 19 S.C.R. 711
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 629/2022
- Decided
- 28 January 2022
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, SANJIV KHANNA, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 16(4), 16, 335
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950 - Arts.16(4), 16(4-A), 16(4-B) and 335 - Reservation in promotion - Collection of quantifiable data regarding inadequacy of representation of SCs and STs - Yardstick for arriving at quantifiable data - In M. Nagaraj case the key issue that Court was whether any constitutional limitation mentioned in Art.16(4) and Art.335 stood obliterated by the constitutional amendments resulting in Arts. 16(4-A) and 16(4-B) - The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional amendments - The amendments were held to be enabling
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