Supreme Court of India

Subrata Acharjee and Ors. v. Union of India and Anr.

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Reported as [2002] 1 S.C.R. 888
Bench S.P. Bharucha, Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri, Umesh C. Banerjee, S.N. Variava and Shivaraj V. Patil JJ.
Decided 7 February 2002

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Constitution of India, 1950: Article 332(3B)-Constitutiional Validity of-Reservation for Scheduled Tribes in legislative assembly of Tripura on the basis of existing number of members belonging to Scheduled Tribes in the Assembly-Provision transient in nature-Reservation challenged being not proportionate to population-­ Held, not violative of any of the constitutional mandate-Temporary measures shall have to be taken for social goal and for the benefit of the country as deemed expedient- Proportionality though mainly dependent upon the basis of population, cannot always be done with

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