Supreme Court of India

Dr. K. Krishna Murthy & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr.

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Reported as [2010] 6 S.C.R. 972

Decided 11 May 2010

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, our conclusions are:- (i) The nature and purpose of reservations in the context of local self-government is considerably different from that of higher education and public employment.

Judgment, page 55

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950 - Constitution (Seventy-third) c Amendment Act, 1992 - Constitution (Seventy-fourth) Amendment Act, 1992: Articles 243-0(4) and 243-T(4) - Elected local self government institutions - Reservation of Chairperson posts 0 under - Constitutional validity of - Held: Is constitutionally valid - Said posts cannot be equated with solitary posts in the context of public employment - Article 243-0(4) provides a clear constitutional basis for reserving Chairperson positions in favour of SC and STs (in proportionate manner) and one third of all chairperson positions in each

Where later benches applied it

2021 Vikas Kishanrao Gawali v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. followed
2023 Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India referred to
2022 Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India referred to
2022 Suresh Mahajan v. State of Madhya Pradesh and Anr. 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 Saurav Yadav & Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2020 Chebrolu Leela Prasad Rao & Ors. v. State of A.P. & Ors. referred to
2018 Bharati Reddy v. The State of Karnataka & Ors. referred to

Of those, 1 followed · 8 referred to

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