Supreme Court of India

Siddaraju v. State of Karnataka & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 1 S.C.R. 1175
Bench Rohinton Fali Nariman, Aniruddha Bose and V. Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 15 January 2020

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the judgment of this Court cannot be faulted when it s tated that Indra Sawhney dealt with a different problem and, therefore, cannot be followed.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Persons with Disabilities (Equal opportunities, Protecti on of Rights and full participation) Act, 1995 – Reservation in p romotion of persons with disabilities – view has been taken by the Supreme Court in Rajiv Kumar Gupta & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. (2 016) 6 SCALE 417: (2016) 13 SCC 153: [2016] 3 SCR 407 in affirmation – However, it was contended that the Prohibition laid down b y the majority in Indra Sawhney & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. (1992) Supp. 3 SCC 125 applies not only to Article 16(4) but also Ar ticle 16(1) of the Constitution of India and inference to th e contrary is

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 mentioned

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