Name of the Case : M. Nagaraj vs.Union of India
Year of Judgement : 2006
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Related Topic/ Issue : Reservation in promotions for SCs and STs
Related Article/ Schedule : 16 & 335
Supreme Court Judgement:
- Upheld the constitutional validity of the 77th, 81st, 82nd, and 85th Amendment Acts.
- Affirmed that the inserted Article 16(4A) and Article 16(4B) do not alter the structure of Article 16(4).
- Stated that the amendments retain factors like backwardness and inadequacy of representation, enabling reservation while considering overall efficiency of State administration under Article 335.
- Confined the amendments to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes without altering constitutional requirements like the 50% ceiling limit and the concept of creamy layer.
- Acknowledged the principles established in previous cases like the lndra Sawhney case (1992) and the R.K. Sabharwal case (1995) regarding sub-classification of OBCs and the post-based roster system.
