Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 16 · Decided 4 January 1996
MRS. Valsamma Paul ETC. v. Cochin University and ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 16 · [1996] 1 S.C.R. 128
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3163/1995
- Decided
- 4 January 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, B.L. HANSARIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 15(4), 16(4)
Headnote
Constiturion of India, 1950 : Articles 15(4) and 16(4) Reservation-Backward cll!ss-Syrian Catholic Lady o.f forward class--/Vfarrying a Latin Catholic Backward class .fisher1nen-Her appoint­ n1e11t against reserved post as lecturer--Held not valid-Held she was llOf entitled to the bene.fit o_f recognition as me1nber o_f Latin Ca1holics held not relevanl .for the purposes o.f her entitle1nent to reservation. Social lnteRration : Inter-caste, /11ter-sect and Inter-religion marriages--/mportance o.f The appellant, a syrian catholic by birth (a forward 'class) was married to a person who
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