Court cases related to reservation in India

The Indian judiciary has made judgments related to reservations, a system of affirmative action that provides for disadvantaged groups.

These groups are primarily Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs), and from 1987 extended to Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

[1] Many of these cases are challenged under constitutional law and have led to constitutional amendments and challenges to the legality of such amendments.

The frequency of decisions being overturned or invalidated reflect the ongoing efforts by lawmakers and the judiciary to strive towards equality.

Ajitsingh Januja & Others v. State of PunjabAIR 1996 SC 1189 M. Nagraj & Others v. Union of India and Others (AIR 2007 SC 71) held the amendments constitutional.