Supreme Court · 2026 INSC 230 · Decided 11 March 2026
Union of India and Others v. Rohith Nathan and Another, ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 230 · [2026] 4 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2827/2018
- Decided
- 11 March 2026
- Bench
- PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, R MAHADEVAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Whether the clarificatory letter dated 14.10.2004 can have any overriding or superseding effect over the Office Memorandum dated 08.09.1993, which expressly lays down the criteria for exclusion from the benefit of reservation for Other Backward Classes the creamy layer namely, the socially advanced persons of sections among the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes; whether there can be hostile discrimination between employees of the Government and those working in Public or Private Sector Undertakings, when both occupy posts of the
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