Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 562 · Decided 1 August 2024
The State of Punjab & ORS. v. Davinder Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 562 · [2024] 8 S.C.R. 1321
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2317/2011
- Decided
- 1 August 2024
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, VIKRAM NATH, BELA M. TRIVEDI, PANKAJ MITHAL, MANOJ MISRA, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA (7-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 15, 16, 341
Headnote
The Supreme Court was required to adjudicate upon whether the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes for the purpose of providing affirmative action, including reservation is the following issues arose for consideration: Whether sub-classification of a reserved class is permissible under Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Constitution; Whether the Scheduled Castes constitute a homogenous or a heterogenous grouping; Whether Article 341 of the Constitution creates a
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