Supreme Court of India

P.V. Indiresan v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 10 S.C.R. 384
Bench R.V. Raveendran and A.K. Patnaik JJ.
Decided 18 August 2011

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What the Court ordered

Conclusions are as follows: (1) For implementation of the impugned Statute creamy D layer must be excluded. (2) There must be periodic review as to the desirability of continuing operation of the Statl,lte.

Judgment, page 30

From the headnote

Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006 - Central Educational Institutions under - Implementation of 27% reservation for other backward classes (OBC) - Direction "the maximum cut-off marks for OBCs be 10% below the cut-off marks of general category candidates" in the clarificatory order dated 14. 10. 2008 passed in *P. V. lndiresan's case, in regard to the decision of the o Constitution Bench in **Ashoka Kumar Thakur's case - Meaning and interpretation of - Held: Use of the words 'cut­ off-marks' in the order dated 14. 10. 2008, does not refer to the marks

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