Supreme Court of India

Saurabh Chaudri and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 152

Bench V.N. Khare, R.C. Lahoti, B.N. Agrawal, S.B. Sinha and Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan JJ.

Decided 4 November 2003

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we do not find any merit in the contentions advanced on behalf of the petitioners.

Judgment, page 41

From the headnote

Constitution of India-Articles 14 and 15 (1)-Reservation- Reservation-based on domicile residence or institutional preference in technical and medical courses-Reasonableness-Held, such reservations not discriminatory or arbitrary given the imbalances and disparities in country Reservation restricted to 50% of the seats-Directions issued-Constitution of India-Articles 41 and 47. Constitution of India-Articles 14 and 15 (/)-Reservation-Reservation based on domicile/residence or institutional preference in technical and medical courses-Reasonableness-Super-speciality courses-Held, such

Authorities it was built on

1958 Shri Ram Krishna Dalmia v. Shri Justice S. R. Tendolkar & Others cited by 108
1971 D. N. Chanchala v. State of Mysore and Ors. Etc. cited by 17
1974 State of Uttar Pradesh v. Pradip Tandon & Ors. cited by 16
2001 Dr. Prachi Almeida v. Dean, Goa Medical College and Ors. cited by 2
1980 M. R. Mini (minor) Represented by Her Guardian & Father M. P. Rajappan v. State of Kerala and Anr. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2025 Dr. Tanvi Behl v. Shrey Goel & Ors. relied on
2022 Hemant Kumar Verma & Ors. v. Employees State Insurance Corporation & Ors. followed
2019 Yatinkumar Jasubhai Patel and Others v. State of Gujarat and Others followed
2013 Nikhil Himthani v. State of Uttarakhand & Ors. followed
2025 Directorate of Revenue Intelligence v. Raj Kumar Arora & Ors. referred to
2024 Mineral Area Development Authority & Anr. v. M/s Steel Authority of India & Anr. Etc. referred to
2023 The Animal Welfare Board of India and Ors. v. Union of India & Anr referred to
2023 Veena Vadini Teachers Training Institute (run by Veena Vadini Samaj Kalyan Vikash Samiti) v. State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors. referred to
2022 Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India referred to
2022 Neil Aurelio Nunes & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors referred to
2018 Rajdeep Ghosh v. State of Assam & Ors. referred to
2018 Dr. Kriti Lakhina and Others v. State of Karnataka and Others referred to
2017 Dr. Saurabh Dwivedi and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. referred to
2014 Vishal Goyal & Ors. v. State of Karnataka & Ors. referred to
2013 Faculty Association of Aiims v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2012 Avishek Goenka v. Union of India & Anr. referred to
2011 Dr. Puneet Gulati and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. State of Kerala and Ors. Etc. Etc. referred to
2019 Dr. Tanvi Behl v. Shrey Goel & Ors. mentioned
2018 Navtej Singh Johar & Ors. v. Union of India Thr. Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice mentioned
2015 Dr. Sandeep S/o Sadashivrao Kansurkar and Others v. Union of India and Others mentioned
2014 Charu Khurana & Others v. Union of India & Others mentioned
2009 Subhash Chandra & Anr. v. Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board & Ors. mentioned
2004 Dr. Saurabh Choudhary and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 3 followed · 13 referred to · 6 mentioned

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