Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 505 · Decided 23 September 2003
Vijay Lakshmi v. Punjab University and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 505 · [2003] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 1034
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 13393/1996
- Decided
- 23 September 2003
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, AR. LAKSHMANAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 16, 15(3), 14, 15
Headnote
Constitution of India-Articles I 4, I 5(3) and I 6-Punjab University Calendar, Volume III-Rules 5, 8 and JO-Reservation only for women to be appointed as Principal, teacher and hostel superintendent in a C women's college-Provisions challenged in writ petition-High Court held them to be violative permissible for certain posts in accordance with established propositions of law on the concept of equality-State empowered to take a policy decision and frame rules accordingly-Such reservation D also permissible under Article I 5(3)-Court not to sit in appeal against the policy decision of the
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)