Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 72 · Decided 24 January 2017
Union of India & ORS. v. M. Selvakumar & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 72 · [2017] 4 S.C.R. 137
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 858/2017
- Decided
- 24 January 2017
- Bench
- RANJAN GOGOI, ASHOK BHUSHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16, 16(1), 15(3)
Headnote
137 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. v. M. SELVAKUMAR & ANR. (Civil Appeal No. 858 of2017) A JANUARY 24, 2017 B [RANJAN GOGOi AND ASIIOK BIIUSIIAN, JJ.) Constitution of India: Arts. 14 and 16 - Civil services examination - Increase in number of attempts from 4 to 7 for Physically Handicapped provides for two types of reservation i.e. vertical/social reservation [as provided in Art. 16 (4))] and horizontal reservation [as provided in Art. 16 (J)] - Reservation of Physically Handicapped is a kind of horizontal reservation - Reserved categ01y candidates belonging to OBC are separately
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