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LOK 2026 (11) SC 65 · Supreme Court of India

Union of India v. Rohith Nathan

Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1201

SubjectReservation, Service Law
JudgesJustice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, Justice R. Mahadevan
ActsConstitution of India (Article 141; Article 142); O.M. No. 36012/22/93-Estt (SCT) dated 08.09.1993 (OBC creamy layer)

The Rohith Nathan OBC creamy-layer judgment binds as precedent but its relief is confined to the parties; concluded selections are not reopened, while CSE-2025 allocation must follow it.

LOK 2024 (8) SC 12 · Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab v. Davinder Singh

Equivalent citations: 2025 (1) SCC 1 : 2024 INSC 562

SubjectConstitutional Law, Reservation, Service Law
JudgesJustice Dr D.Y. Chandrachud, CJI, Justice B.R. Gavai, Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Bela M. Trivedi, Justice Pankaj Mithal, Justice Manoj Misra
ActsConstitution of India (Article 14; Article 15(4); Article 16(1); Article 16(4); Article 335; Article 341; Article 342); Punjab Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes (Reservation in Services) Act, 2006 (Section 4(5))

Seven-Judge Bench (6:1): sub-classification of the Scheduled Castes for reservation is constitutionally permissible; E.V. Chinnaiah overruled — State must justify inter-se backwardness on quantifiable data of effective representation, and cannot exclude any caste in the List.