Functions and Powers — Landmark Judgments

Landmark Judgments

Indra Sawhney v. Union of India

1992

This landmark judgment, also known as the Mandal Commission case, established the constitutional validity of OBC reservations and laid down fundamental principles governing…

Jarnail Singh v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta

2018

This judgment addressed the application of creamy layer exclusion in SC/ST reservations and indirectly influenced NCBC's approach to OBC categorization. The Supreme Court's…

E.V. Chinnaiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh

2005

This judgment dealt with sub-classification within reserved categories and established that the Constitution permits reasonable sub-classification of backward classes. The…