SCPartly AllowedAIR 1993 SC 477

Indra Sawhneyv.Union of India

Supreme Court of India·16 Nov 1992·Nine-Judge Bench

Decided On

16 Nov 1992

Judges

Nine-Judge Bench

Citation

AIR 1993 SC 477

Statutes

Constitution of India Art. 16(4), Constitution of India Art. 15

1.The Court upheld reservation for Other Backward Classes but ruled that the total reservation should not ordinarily exceed 50%, and that the socially advanced'creamy layer' among backward clas