Environment & Ecology·Environmental Cases
Functions and Powers — Environmental Cases
Updated 5 Mar 2026
Environmental Cases
Indra Sawhney v. Union of India
1992This landmark judgment, also known as the Mandal Commission case, established the constitutional validity of OBC reservations and laid down fundamental principles governing…
Jarnail Singh v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta
2018This judgment addressed the application of creamy layer exclusion in SC/ST reservations and indirectly influenced NCBC's approach to OBC categorization. The Supreme Court's…
E.V. Chinnaiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh
2005This judgment dealt with sub-classification within reserved categories and established that the Constitution permits reasonable sub-classification of backward classes. The…