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Supreme Court Upholds Domicile-Based Reservation in State Law University. State Legislature Competent to Enact Reservation for Local Students Under Article 14 and Article 15 of the Constitution.

The appellant, Shreyas Sinha, challenged the constitutional validity of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (Amendment) Act, 201...

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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 Refers Challenge to 103rd Constitutional Amendment Providing 10% EWS Reservation to Constitution Bench. The Court finds substantial questions of law regarding basic structure and interpretation of Articles 15(6) and 16(6) warranting a five-judge bench hearing.

The Supreme Court, in a batch of writ petitions, considered the constitutional validity of the Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 201...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Muslim Divorced Woman in Maintenance Case — Family Court Has Jurisdiction Under Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986. High Court erred in holding that Family Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain application under Section 3 of the Act.

The appeal arose from a judgment of the Rajasthan High Court which set aside an order of the Family Court granting maintenance to a Muslim divorced wo...

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Supreme Court Upholds Women Army Officers' Right to Permanent Commission in Landmark Gender Equality Judgment. Court holds that women SSC officers are entitled to PC at par with male counterparts, rejecting discriminatory service conditions.

The case concerns a batch of appeals filed by the Ministry of Defence against a Delhi High Court judgment directing the grant of Permanent Commission ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Section 18A of SC/ST Act Against Challenge of Unconstitutionality — Amendment Restores Pre-Dr. Subhash Kashinath Position After Review

The petitioners challenged the constitutional validity of Section 18A of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 198...

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Supreme Court Upholds State's Discretion to Not Provide Reservation in Promotions Without Collecting Quantifiable Data. Collection of Data Required Only When State Decides to Provide Reservation, Not When It Decides Against It.

The Supreme Court considered a batch of appeals arising from judgments of the Uttarakhand High Court concerning reservation in promotions for Schedule...

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Supreme Court Refers to Larger Bench the Issue of Whether a Meritorious Student Can Be Granted Admission After Cutoff Date in Medical Courses — Conflict Between Asha and Jasmine Kaur on Relief of Admission vs. Compensation.

The case involves an appeal by S. Krishna Sradha against the State of Andhra Pradesh and others, arising from a dispute over admission to the MBBS cou...