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Reservation

The ceiling, the creamy layer, promotions and sub-classification, each settled by a divided bench.

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Encyclopedia · Test
The Creamy Layer Test
Excluding the advanced among a backward class from reservation: the test, and whether it applies to Scheduled Castes and Tribes.
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02
Review · Lineage
The Fifty Per Cent Ceiling
The cap on reservations from Balaji through Indra Sawhney to the economically weaker sections case.
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03
Review · Dissent
The Dissents in Indra Sawhney
Three judges on why caste could not be the basis for identifying backward classes.
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Review · Lineage
Reservation in Promotion
A dialogue between Court and Parliament: Indra Sawhney, three amendments, Nagaraj and its partial correction.
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05
Review · Dissent
Ravindra Bhat J. in Janhit Abhiyan
The minority view that excluding backward classes from the economic reservation violates the equality code.
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Review · Dissent
Bela Trivedi J. in Davinder Singh
The lone dissent against sub-classification of Scheduled Castes, resting on the Presidential list under Article 341.
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