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Supreme Court of India

Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India & Ors.

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Bench S.A. Bobde, R. Subhash Reddy and B.R. Gavai JJ.
Decided 5 August 2020

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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 covered by transfer applications, to a Bench of five Judges.

Judgment, page 15

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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 by inserting Clause (6) in the provisions – The newly inserted clause empowered the State to make provision for reservation to the extent of 10% in favour of economically weaker sections for admission in educational institutions and for appointment in service – The Constitutional amendment was challenged on the grounds that it was ultra vires as it altered the basic structure of the…

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