Reservation in Higher Education — Landmark Judgments

Landmark Judgments

Indra Sawhney & Ors. v. Union of India

1992

This landmark judgment, often referred to as the 'Mandal judgment', upheld the constitutional validity of 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in central government…

Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India

2008

This judgment specifically addressed reservation in higher education. The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation)…

Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India

2022

This landmark judgment by a five-judge Constitution Bench upheld the constitutional validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019, which introduced 10% reservation for…