Reservation Related Amendments — Landmark Judgments

Landmark Judgments

Indra Sawhney & Others v. Union of India (Mandal Commission Case)

1992

This nine-judge bench judgment is a watershed moment in India's reservation jurisprudence. It upheld the validity of 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in central…

M. Nagaraj & Others v. Union of India

2006

This five-judge Constitution Bench judgment upheld the constitutional validity of the 77th, 81st, 82nd, and 85th Amendments, which had introduced reservation in promotion for…

Jarnail Singh & Others v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta & Others

2018

This Constitution Bench judgment revisited the *M. Nagaraj* verdict. It affirmed the *Nagaraj* conditions for reservation in promotions but removed the requirement for the State…

E.V. Chinnaiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh

2004

This five-judge Constitution Bench judgment held that sub-classification of Scheduled Castes (SCs) for the purpose of providing preferential treatment within the SC quota is…