Supreme Court · 1966 INSC 264 · Decided 15 December 1966
Triloki Nath Tiku & ANR. v. State of Jammu & Kashmir & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1966 INSC 264 · [1967] 2 S.C.R. 265
- Case number
- WRIT TO PETITION (CIVIL)... No. 107/1965
- Decided
- 15 December 1966
- Bench
- K. SUBBA RAO, J.C. SHAH, S.M. SIKRI, V. RAMASWAMI, C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 16, 32
Headnote
F G H TRILOKI NATH TIKU & ANR. ·v. STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR & ORS. December I 5, I 966 [K. St:BBA RAO, C.J., J.C. SHAH, S. M. SiKRI, V. RA~JASWAMI AND C. A. VAIDIALINGAM, JJ.} Co11stitutio11 of btdia, Ar•. 16(4)-Resen•ation in favour of backward grade because the State Govemment in making the pr<>' 1110tions gave 50% of the higher posts to Muslims, 60% of the remain­ ing 50% to Jammu Hindus and the rest to Kashmiri Pandits and Sikhs. This method of reservation was justified under Art. 16 of the Constitution on the ground
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