The Bihar government has appealed the High Court’s decision striking down amendments providing 65 percent reservation for backward classes

The Supreme Court will hear 25 of 41 pending five-Judge Constitution Bench cases from August 29th, 2022, as Justice U.U. Lalit becomes CJI.

Justice Rao wrote Judgments on a wide range of subjects in his 6 year SC tenure, notably on reservations, tribunal reforms and COVID relief.

Internal reservations for Vanniyars will be discontinued until the Tamil Nadu government finds reliable data to justify them. 

The Supreme Court delivered key judgments on reservations for Persons with Disabilities and the Maratha community.

The Supreme Court focused on the data behind reservation policies and laid down conditions to justify reservations.

Khanwilkar J dismissed the Maharashtra Government's petition seeking the Union Government's 2011 Socio Economic and Caste Census data.

Today the Supreme Court begins its last week of hearings for the year, before closing for a 2 week long winter vacation on December 20th.

How will Bhushan J's Maratha Reservation opinion upholding the 50% limit on reservations impact ongoing cases?

Bhushan J's Maratha judgment pushed the Union to collect contemporaneous data on caste in the country.

In overturning the Maharashtra Reservation judgment, the Supreme Court paved the way for a State List on SEBCs.

The Supreme Court has refused to review its Maratha judgment.