Supreme Court of India

Dr. Gulshan Prakash & Ors. v. State of Haryana & Ors.

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Reported as [2009] 16 S.C.R. 1
Bench K.G. Balakrishnan CJI, P. Sathasivam and J.M. Panchal JJ.
Decided 2 December 2009

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the Civil Appeal as well as the Writ Petition fail and the same are dismissed accordingly with no order as to costs.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 15 - Prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of religion, race, caste etc. - Prospectus for Post-Graduate level medical courses issued by University in Haryana, not providing any reservation of seats for SC/ST candidates - Challenge to - Writ petition dismissed by High Court- On appeal, held: Article 15(4) does not make any mandatory provision for reservation - State Government is a competent authority to make reservation for SC/ST/backward classes category at Post-Graduate level in admission - It took conscious decision not to make reservation for

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Of those, 2 referred to

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