Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 137 · Decided 14 March 2000
State of Bihar and ANR. v. Bal Mukund Sah and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 137 · [2000] 2 S.C.R. 299
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9072/1996
- Decided
- 14 March 2000
- Bench
- S.B. MAJMUDAR, G.B. PATTANAIK, V.N. KHARE, U.C. BANERJEE, R.P. SETHI (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 233, 234, 235, 309, 320
Headnote
Constitution of India, Articles 233, 234, 235 and 309-Bihar Reserva­ tion of Vacancies in Posts and Services (for Schedule Castes Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes) Act, /99I, s.4-Actproviding for reservation C for direct recruitment to posts of District and subordinate Judges in to subordinate judiciary was ultra vi res Articles 233 and 234 of the Constitution of India and could not be sustained-Bihar Judicial Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1955. Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (for Scheduled D Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes
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