Supreme Court of India

State of Uttar Pradesh v. Pradip Tandon & Ors.

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Reported as [1975] 2 S.C.R. 761

Bench A. N. Ray, K. K. Mathew and N. L. Untwalia JJ.

Decided 19 November 1974

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the reservation in favour of candi-· du tes from rural areas is unconstitutional.

Judgment, page 13

Authorities it was built on

1971 D. N. Chanchala v. State of Mysore and Ors. Etc. cited by 17
1973 Janki Prasad Parimoo & Ors. Etc. Etc. v. State of Jammu & Kashmir & Ors. cited by 11

Where later benches applied it

2024 The State of Punjab & Ors. v. Davinder Singh & Ors. referred to
2022 Neil Aurelio Nunes & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors referred to
2021 Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. The Chief Minister & Ors. referred to
2019 Dr. Tanvi Behl v. Shrey Goel & Ors. referred to
2012 Satyaprata Sahoo & Ors. v. State of Orissa & Ors. referred to
2016 State of U.P. & Ors. v. Dr. Dinesh Singh Chauhan mentioned
2015 Dr. Sandeep S/o Sadashivrao Kansurkar and Others v. Union of India and Others mentioned
2008 Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India & Ors mentioned
2004 E. V. Chinnaiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Ors. mentioned
2003 Saurabh Chaudri and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. mentioned
2003 The State of Madhypradesh and Ors. v. Gopal D. Tirthani and Ors. mentioned
2002 Kailash Chand Sharma Etc. Etc. v. State of Rajasthan and Ors. mentioned
1999 Dr. Narayan Sharma and Anr. Etc. v. Dr. Pankaj Kr. Lehkar and Ors. Etc. mentioned
1997 Jagdish Negi, President, Utiarakhand Jan Morcha and Anr. v. State of U.P. and Anr. mentioned
1985 K.C. Vasanth Kumar & Another. v. State of Karnataka mentioned
1981 Arti Sapru v. State of Jammu and Kashmir & Others mentioned

Of those, 5 referred to · 11 mentioned

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