Supreme Court of India

Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India & Ors

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Reported as [2008] 4 S.C.R. 1

Bench K.G. Balakrishnan J.

Decided 10 April 2008

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What the Court ordered

Conclusions are as follows: G (1) For implementation of the impugned Statute creamy layer must be excluded. (2) There must be periodic review as to the desirability H 332 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2008] 4 S.C.R. A of continuing operation of the Statute.

Judgment, page 331

Authorities it was built on

1973 His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala cited by 118
1991 Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachillhu and Others cited by 59
1995 Union of India and Ors. Etc. v. Virpal Singh Chauhan Etc. cited by 37
1950 Romesh Thappar v. The State of Madras cited by 33
2006 M/s. Crawford Bayley and Co. and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 28
2004 E. V. Chinnaiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Ors. cited by 23
1962 The Jumma Masjid, Mercara v. Kodimaniandra De\'iah cited by 19
1974 State of Uttar Pradesh v. Pradip Tandon & Ors. cited by 16
1970 A. Peeriakaruppan, Etc. v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. cited by 13
1951 The State of Madras v. Srimathl Champakam Dorairajan cited by 12
1973 Janki Prasad Parimoo & Ors. Etc. Etc. v. State of Jammu & Kashmir & Ors. cited by 11
1959 Shri V. V. Giri v. Dippala Suri Dora and Others cited by 7
2000 M.G. Badappanavar and Anr. Etc. v. State of Karnataka and Ors. cited by 5

Where later benches applied it

2023 Arup Bhuyan v. State of Assam & Anr. relied on
2017 State of U.P. & Anr. Etc. v. Anand Kumar Yadav & Ors. Etc. relied on
2017 Binoy Viswam v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2014 Pramati Educational & Cultural Trust ® & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2014 Gopakumar B. Nair v. C.B.I. & Anr. relied on
2013 Maharshi Mahesh Yogi Vedic Vishwavidyalaya v. State of M.P. & Ors. relied on
2012 Bhartiya Seva Samaj Trust Tr. Pres. & Anr. v. Yogeshbhai Ambalal Patel & Anr. relied on
2011 Indian Medical Association v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2026 Union of India and Others v. Rohith Nathan and Another, Etc. referred to
2026 X v. O/o Speaker of the House of the People referred to
2025 Anjuman Ishaat-e-taleem Trust v. The State of Maharashtra and Others referred to
2024 Property Owners Association & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. referred to
2023 Sakshi Arha v. The Rajasthan High Court and Others referred to
2023 Sureshkumar Lalitkumar Patel & Ors. v. State of Gujarat & Ors. referred to
2022 Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India referred to
2022 Union of India and Others v. Munshi Ram referred to
2022 Pattali Makkal Katchi v. A. Mayilerumperumal & 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
2021 Rajeev Suri v. Delhi Development Authority & Ors referred to
2020 The State of Punjab & Ors. v. Davinder Singh & Ors. referred to
2020 Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2019 State of Bihar & Ors. v. The Bihar Secondary Teachers Struggle Committee, Munger & Ors. referred to
2018 Jarnail Singh & Others v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta & Others referred to
2018 Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (retd.) v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2012 U.P. Power Corporation Ltd. v. Rajesh Kumar & Ors. referred to
2012 Brij Mohan Lal v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2011 K.T. Plantation Pvt. Ltd. & Anr v. State of Karnataka referred to

Of those, 8 relied on · 20 referred to

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