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Supreme Court Examines Validity of Uttar Pradesh Reservation in Promotion Rules Under Articles 16(4A) and 16(4B) of Constitution. Conflicting High Court Decisions on Requirement of Quantifiable Data for Backwardness and Inadequacy of Representation Lead to Appeals.

The case originated from a batch of civil appeals preferred by the U.P. Power Corporation Ltd. and the State of Uttar Pradesh challenging conflicting ...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court Judgments on Creamy Layer Determination for OBC Reservation in Civil Services. Inclusion of Salary Income for PSU Employees Under Category II(C) of Office Memorandum Dated 08.09.1993 Found Discriminatory and Set Aside Due to Violation of Article 14.

The Supreme Court dealt with three consolidated civil appeals arising from separate High Court judgments concerning the determination of creamy layer ...

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Supreme Court Validates Sub-Classification of Scheduled Castes in Landmark Judgment. Upholding Equality Within Equality: Supreme Court Endorses State's Power to Sub-Classify Scheduled Castes for Targeted Reservation.

The Supreme Court of India, in a significant ruling, has upheld the constitutionality of sub-classifying Scheduled Castes for the purpose of reservati...

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Supreme Court Upholds Sub-Classification Within Scheduled Castes for Reservation in Punjab Act. State can provide preferential treatment to more backward castes without tinkering with Presidential List under Article 341.

The Supreme Court considered the constitutional validity of Section 4(5) of the Punjab Scheduled Caste and Backward Classes (Reservation in Services) ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Contempt Petitions Against State Officers for Alleged Non-Compliance of Directions in Service Seniority Case. Held That State Had Compiled by Collecting Quantifiable Data and Issuing Fresh Notification, No Willful Disobedience Established.

The contempt petitions were filed by Bajrang Lal Sharma, a Rajasthan Administrative Service officer, alleging willful disobedience of the Supreme Cour...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Minority Scholarship Schemes as Constitutional — Schemes for Minority Communities Do Not Violate Article 14 or 15(1) as They Are Based on Backwardness and Not Religion Alone.

The Bombay High Court disposed of two public interest litigations challenging the constitutional validity of two scholarship schemes for minority comm...

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Supreme Court Quashes Notification Including Jat Community in Central Backward Classes List as Union Cabinet Rejected NCBC Advice Without Adequate Consideration. Inclusion by Notification Dated 04.03.2014 Violates Statutory Scheme Under National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993.

The present group of writ petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution challenged a Notification dated 04.03.2014 issued by the Union of India, whic...