Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 245 · Decided 19 November 1974
State of Uttar Pradesh v. Pradip Tandon & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 245 · [1975] 2 S.C.R. 761
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1542/1974
- Decided
- 19 November 1974
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW, N.L. UNTWALIA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 41, 46, 32
Headnote
Constitution of lndia, 1950-Ans. 15 (l )( 4) and 19(1)-Rewva~ions of scats in Medical Colleges in favour of hill and Uttrakha11d areas-Canst1tutwnal validity of-Tests for determining backwardness. For admission of students to medical colleges in the State, the State Govern­ ment had made the ground that · people comini: from these are;;s belonged to sociallv ~nd educationally backward classes. The validity of these reservations was question~d •.n the H ;gh Court. The High Cou;t in one case struck them down as unconshtuhonal, with. out considering the earlier
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