Supreme Court of India
Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
For the aforesaid reasons, we allow the transfer petitions and refer this batch of cases, including the cases covere d by transfer applications, to a Bench of five Judges.
Judgment, page 15
From the headnote
Constitution of India: Art. 143 r/w. Order XXXVIII of Supreme Court Rules, 2013 – Writ Petition – Challenging Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019 – Whereby Arts. 15 and 16 were amended b y inserting Clause (6) in the provisions – The newly i nserted clause empowered the State to make provision for reservation to the e xtent of 10% in favour of economically weaker sections for admissi on in educational institutions and for appointment in ser vice – The Constitutional amendment was challenged on the grou nds that it was ultra vires as it altered the basic structure of the
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