Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 358 · Decided 12 August 2005

P.A. Inamdar and ORS. v. State of Maharashtra and ORS.

Court: Supreme Court of India
Citation: 2005 INSC 358 · [2005] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 603
Case number: CIVIL APPEAL No. 5041/2005
Decided: 12 August 2005
Bench: R.C. LAHOTI, Y.K. SABHARWAL, D.M. DHARMADHIKARI, ARUN KUMAR, G.P. MATHUR, TARUN CHATTERJEE, P.K. BALASUBRAMANYAN (7-judge bench)
Outcome: Reference answered
Case type: Civil
Acts & sections cited: Constitution

Headnote

P.A. !NAMDAR AND ORS. v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS. AUGUST 12, 2005 [R.C. LAHOTI, CJ., Y.K. SABHARWAL, D.M. DHARMADHIKARI, ARUN KUMAR, G.P. MATHUR, TARUN CHATTERJEE AND P.K. BALASUBRAMANYAN, JJ.) Constitution of India, 1950 : A B c Articles 19(/)(g), 29 and 30{1), 41and51-A, Seventh Schedule, structure, seat sharing/quota and to implement reservation policy-Held, 'Minority' status is determinable with reference to a State and not by taking into consideration population of the country as a D whole-Articles 29 and 30 are intended to confer protection on minorities rather than an

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