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Supreme Court of India

Chairman and Managing Director Fci and Ors. v. Jagdish Balaram Bahira and Ors.

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Reported as [2017] 11 S.C.R. 271
Decided 6 July 2017

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, the Civil Appeal is allowed and impugned judgment and order of the High Court is set aside.

Judgment, page 80

From the headnote

Constitution of India - Art. 142 - Public employment - Reservation for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe - Individuals seeking benefit of public employment on the basis of scheduled caste/scheduled tribe claim - Verification by scrutiny committee - Invalidation of their caste or tribe claim - Protection by the constitutional court - Entitlement to - Held: Where benefit is see11red by an individual such as an appointment to a post or admission to an educational institution 'on the basis that the candidate belongs to a reserved category for which the benefit is reserved. invalidation of the caste

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 6 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 mentioned

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