Which of the following was held by the Supreme Court in Indra Sawhney v Union of India case Economic...........

Indian Polity Judgments and Directives

Which of the following was held by the Supreme Court in Indra Sawhney v Union of India case?

Economic backwardness is not a criteria for providing reservation.
Reservation can be provided only at the time of recruitment, and not at the time of the promotions.
Reservation cannot exceed 50% under any circumstance as it was needed to ensure “efficiency” in administration.

Select the correct statement.

2 only

1&2 only

1&3 only

All of the above

The Supreme Court in the Indra Sawhney v Union of India case 1992 held that economic backwardness is not a criterion for providing reservation.

It said that reservation can be provided only at the time of recruitment, and not at the time of the promotions.
It fixed the reservation limit at 50%.
The Indira Sawhney judgment had categorically said “50% reservation shall be the rule, only in certain exceptional and extraordinary situations for bringing far-flung and remote areas population into mainstream, 50% rule can be relaxed.”
That is reservation can exceed 50% in “exceptional circumstances” or “extraordinary situation”.

Hence only statements 1&2 are correct.