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B K Pavitra and Ors. v. The Union of India and Ors

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Bench Uday Umesh Lalit and Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud JJ.
Decided 10 May 2019

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, we have come to the conclusion that the challenge to the constitutional validity of the Reservation Act 2018 is lacking in substance.

Judgment, page 133

From the headnote

Karnataka Extension of Consequential Seniority to Government Servants Promoted on the Basis of Reservation (to the Posts in the Civil Services of the State) Act, 2018: Validity of – Held: Reservation Act 2018 is constitutionally valid – Reservation Act 2018 has cured the deficiency noticed by * K Pavitra I in respect of the Reservation Act 2002 – Reservation Act 2018 does not amount to usurpation of judicial power by the state legislature – The Act is a valid exercise of the enabling power conferred by Art. 16 (4A) – Karnataka Determination of Seniority of the Government Servants Promoted on…

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Of those, 1 relied on · 7 referred to · 1 mentioned

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