National Commission for Backward Classes — Landmark Judgments

Landmark Judgments

Indra Sawhney v. Union of India, [1992] Supp. 2 SCR 454 (16 November 1992)

1992

The Supreme Court directed the Union, States and Union Territories to establish permanent bodies to examine requests for inclusion and complaints of over-inclusion or…

Ram Singh v. Union of India, W.P. (C) No. 274 of 2014 and connected matters (17 March 2015)

2015

The Supreme Court quashed the notification of 4 March 2014 adding Jats to the Central OBC lists for nine States. Under the then statutory framework, NCBC advice was ordinarily…

Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. Chief Minister, Maharashtra, Civil Appeal No. 3123 of 2020 and connected matters (5 May 2021)

2021

The majority on the 102nd Amendment question read the then Article 342A as centralising identification of socially and educationally backward classes, with the NCBC providing…