Sub-categorization of OBCs — Landmark Judgments

Landmark Judgments

Indra Sawhney v. Union of India

1992

This landmark nine-judge bench decision upheld the constitutional validity of OBC reservations and established the 27% reservation ceiling. The judgment introduced the creamy…

E.V. Chinnaiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh

2005

Initially created confusion about sub-classification by ruling that Scheduled Castes could not be sub-classified as they form a homogeneous group under the Constitution. This…

State of Punjab v. Davinder Singh

2020

This judgment clarified that states have the power to sub-classify OBCs based on the degree of backwardness, provided such classification is supported by quantifiable data. The…