Supreme Court of India

Mrs. Valsamma Paul Etc. v. Cochin University and Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [1996] 1 S.C.R. 128

Bench K. Ramaswamy and B.L. I-iansarja JJ.

Decided 4 January 1996

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, had rightly concluded that the appellant is not entitled to the benefit of reservation under Article 16(4) as a lecturer which post was reserved for the backward class Latin Catholic community.

Judgment, page 27

Authorities it was built on

1994 S.R. Bommai v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 68
1995 Murlidhar Dayandeo Kesekar v. Vishwanath Pandu Barde and Anr. cited by 14
1995 R. Chandevarappa Etc. Etc. v. State of Karnataka and Ors. Etc. Etc. cited by 5
1962 Ramkishore Lal v. Kamal Narain cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2023 Bhubaneswar Development Authority v. Madhumita Das and Ors. relied on
2014 Charu Khurana & Others v. Union of India & Others relied on
2012 Rameshbhai Dabhai Naika v. State of Gujarat & Others relied on
2022 Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India referred to
2006 Anjan Kumar v. Union of India and Ors. mentioned

Of those, 3 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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