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MANU/SC/4560/2006

True Court CopyTM EnglishBLJR

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Writ Petition (Civil) Nos. 61, 62, 81, 111, 134, 135, 206, 226, 227, 255, 266, 269, 279, 299, 294, 295, 298, 250, 319, 375, 386, 387, 320, 322, 323, 338, 234, 340, 423, 440, 453, 460, 472, 482, 483, 484, 485, 550, 527 and 640 of 2002, SLP (C) Nos. 4915-4919 of 2003, Writ Petition (Civil) Nos. 153/2003, C.P. (C) No. 404/2004 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 255/2002, C.P. (C) No. 505/2002 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 61/2002, C.P. (C) No. 553/2002 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 266/2002, C.P. (C) No. 570/2002 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 255/2002, C.P. (C) No. 122/2003 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 61/2002, C.P. (C) No. 127/2003 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 61/2002, C.P. (C) No. 85/2003 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 255/2002, Writ Petition (Civil) Nos. 313 and 381 of 2003, CIVIL APPEAL Nos. 12501-12503/1996, SLP (C) No. 754/1997, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 460 of 2003, CIVIL APPEAL Nos. 7802/2001 and 7803/2001, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 469/2003, SLP (C) No. 19689/1996, Writ Petition (Civil) 2, 515, 519, 562 and 563 of 2004, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 413 of 1997, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 286 of 2004 and SLP (C) No. 14518 of 2004

Decided On: 19.10.2006

Appellants: M. Nagaraj and Ors. Vs. Respondent: Union of India (UOI) and Ors.

Hon'ble Judges/Coram:
Y.K. Sabharwal, C.J., K.G. Balakrishnan, S.H. Kapadia, C.K. Thakker and P.K. Balasubramanyan

JUDGMENT

S.H. Kapadia, J.

1. The width and amplitude of the right to equal opportunity in public employment, in the context of reservation, broadly falls for consideration in these writ petitions under Article 32 of the Constit........