Welfare Schemes for OBCs — Legal Precedents

Legal Precedents

Indra Sawhney v. Union of India (Mandal Commission Case)

1992

This landmark judgment upheld the constitutional validity of reservations for OBCs while establishing the creamy layer principle. The Court ruled that reservations should not…

M. Nagaraj v. Union of India

2006

This judgment clarified that the state must collect quantifiable data on backwardness, inadequacy of representation, and overall administrative efficiency before providing…

Jarnail Singh v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta

2018

This judgment upheld the validity of the creamy layer concept for OBCs and rejected the argument that it should be applied to SCs and STs. It reinforced the distinction between…