Supreme Court of India

A.i.i.m.s Students Union v. A.I.I.M.S. and Ors.

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 79

Bench Dr. A.S. Anand, R.C. Lahoti and Shivaraj V. Patil JJ.

Decided 24 August 2001

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What the Court ordered

Before parting it is necessary to place on record certain observations by way of classifica:ions lest our judgment should be misunderstood or misapplied.

Judgment, page 39

From the headnote

Constitution of India-Articles 14, 15 (4) and 16 (4). Reservation-All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Post Graduate Medical Courses-Admission-In-house candidates-Institutional reservation based bn rationale of continuity-113 seats reserved for in-house candidates Subsequent reservation of 50% seats disciplinewise subject to an overall 33% reservation-Justification of-Held, reservation of seats for institutional candidates is in fact super reservation and not a mere source of entry Institutional reservation in the absence of any relevant evidence in justification thereof is

Authorities it was built on

1981 State of M.P. and Anr. v. Kumari Nivedita Jain and Ors. cited by 20
1971 D. N. Chanchala v. State of Mysore and Ors. Etc. cited by 17
1970 A. Peeriakaruppan, Etc. v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. cited by 13
1996 Mohan Bir Singh Chawla v. Panjab University, Chandigarh and Anr. cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2019 Yatinkumar Jasubhai Patel and Others v. State of Gujarat and Others relied on
2014 Charu Khurana & Others v. Union of India & Others relied on
2012 Asha v. Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences & Ors. relied on
2024 IN RE : SECTION 6A OF THE CITIZENSHIP ACT 1955 versus referred to
2024 Gene Campaign & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2022 Neil Aurelio Nunes & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors referred to
2017 Neeraj Kumar Sainy and Ors. v. State of U.P. and Ors. referred to
2016 State of U.P. & Ors. v. Dr. Dinesh Singh Chauhan referred to
2016 Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, Ministry of Law & Ors. referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 6 referred to

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