Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 73 · Decided 20 January 2022
Neil Aurelio Nunes & ORS. v. Union of India & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 73 · [2022] 11 S.C.R. 585
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 961/2021
- Decided
- 20 January 2022
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.S. BOPANNA (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 15(1), 15(4), 15(5), 16(1), 16(4), 14
Headnote
Constitution of India - Arts. 15(1), 15(4), 15(5), 16(1) and 16(4) - Reservation - National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) - Reservation for Other Backward Classes-OBC (non-creamy layer) in the All-India Quota (AIQ) seats in NEET for courses - Held: Reservation for OBC candidates in the AIQ seats for UG and PG medical and dental courses is constitutionally valid - Articles 15(4) and 15 (5) are not an exception to Article 15 (1), which itself sets out the principle of substantive equality (including the recognition
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