Educational Support — Landmark Judgments

Landmark Judgments

State of Madras v. Champakam Dorairajan

1951

This landmark judgment struck down caste-based reservations in educational institutions, holding that they violated Article 15(1) which prohibited discrimination on grounds of…

Indra Sawhney v. Union of India (Mandal Case)

1992

This nine-judge bench decision upheld the constitutional validity of 27% reservation for OBCs in central government jobs and educational institutions. The judgment introduced the…

Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India

2008

This judgment upheld the constitutional validity of the 93rd Amendment and the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006, which provided 27%…