Supreme Court Clarifies Legal Standards for Reservation in Promotions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Under Article 16(4-A) of the Constitution. The Court Held That There Is No Fixed Yardstick for Quantifiable Data Showing Inadequacy of Representation, and the State Must Collect Data Based on Cadre as the Unit, with Sampling Methods Permissible, While Affirming the Prospective Operation of M. Nagaraj v. Union of India.
28 Jan 2022The judgment arose from a batch of cases challenging reservation in promotions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes under Article 16(4-A) of the ...
