Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1465 · Decided 11 December 1996
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology v. State of Punjab and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1465 · [1996] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 831
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 15576/1996
- Decided
- 11 December 1996
- Bench
- KULDIP SINGH, S.C. AGRAWAL, B.P. JEEVAN REDDY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Altic/es 14 and 15. P1ivate Technical /nstitution:.-Seats rese1ved for wards of employees of such institutions and of company which founded such institution:.-Held C : violative of Art. 14-Although reserved seats were in addition to general seats and admission made Oil examination yet admission to rese1ved seats made by drawing separate list was unconstitu­ tiollal-Even if illstitution was deemed university, it could not make admis- sion Oil basis of such reservatioll-Principles regarding preferential treatment D to Calldidates laid down. The
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