Supreme Court of India
Indian Medical Association v. Union of India & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that they are not a violation of G the basic structure, but in fact strengtheh the basic structure of our constitution.
Judgment, page 141
From the headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Article 12 - 'State' - Army WelfareEducation Society (AWES) and Army College of Medical Sciences (ACMS) - HELD: High Court has held that AWES and ACMS were neither instrumentalities of State nor could ACMS be held to c be an aided educational institution - Such determinations always present issues of fact and of law - The Court is disinclined to over-rule the findings of the High Court in this regard. Article 15(5) read with Arlicle 162 - Admission to MBBS course - Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and socially and educationally backward classes
Authorities it was built on
- 1994 S.R. Bommai v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2002 T.M.A. Pal Foundation and Ors. v. State of Karnataka and Ors.
- 1955 Rai Sahib Ram Jawaya Kapur and Others v. The State of Punjab
- 2008 Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India & Ors
- 1980 Minerva Mills Ltd. & Ors v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2005 P.A. Inamdar and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
- 1974 The Ahmedabad St.xaviers College Society & Anr. Etc. v. State of Gujarat & Anr.
- 1993 Unni Krishnan, J.P. and Ors. Etc. Irrc v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Ors. Etc. Etc.
- 1962 Rev. Sidhajbhai Sabhai and Others v. State of Bombay and Another
- 1971 D. N. Chanchala v. State of Mysore and Ors. Etc.
- 1963 Municipal Council Palai v. T.]. Joseph and Others
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 IN RE : SECTION 6A OF THE CITIZENSHIP ACT 1955 versus
- 2024 Sukanya Shantha v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2023 Kaushal Kishor v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
- 2022 Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India
- 2020 State of M.P. & Ors. v. Rakesh Sethi & Anr.
- 2018 Government of Nct of Delhi v. Union of India & Another
- 2013 Christian Medical College Vellore & Ors v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2012 Bhawna Garg & Anr. v. University of Delhi & Ors.
Of those, 1 distinguished · 6 referred to · 1 mentioned
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