Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Ors. v. M. Selvakumar & Anr.

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Reported as [2017] 4 S.C.R. 137
Bench Ranjan Gogoi J.
Decided 24 January 2017

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussions, both sets of appeals deserve to be allowed.

Judgment, page 26

From the headnote

Constitution of India: Arts. 14 and 16 - Civil services examination - Increase in number of attempts from 4 to 7 for Physically Handicapped candidates of General Category ..:_No further increase in the number of attempts from 7 for the Physically Handicapped candidates of OBC category - Whether violative of Art. 14 - Held: Art. 16 provides for two types of reservation i.e. vertical/social reservation [as provided in Art. 16 (4))] and horizontal reservation [as provided in Art. 16 (J)] - Reservation of Physically Handicapped is a kind of horizontal reservation - Reserved categ01y candidates

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