Janhit Abhiyan vs Union of India - 2020 Supreme(SC) 471

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2020 Supreme(SC) 471

S. A. BOBDE, R. SUBHASH REDDY, B. R. GAVAI
Janhit Abhiyan – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Aakash Kakade, Mr. Somanatha Padhan, Dr. K.S. Chauhan, Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, Mr. Ravi Prakash, Mr. Chand Kiran, Mr. Ajit Kumar, Mr. K.K. L. Gautam, Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, Mr. S. Gowthaman, Mr. Prasanna S., Mr. Rahul Narayan, Mr. Yadav Narender Singh, Mr. Ashutosh Yadav, Mr. Abhishek Yadav, Mr. Roy Abraham, Mr. Himinder Lal, Dr. M.P. Raju, Mr. P.I. Jose, Mr. Rajendra Verma, Mr. Vikrant Nehra, Mr. S. S. Nehra, Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Senior Advocate Mr. Mrinal Kanwar, Advocate Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, Mr. Sudhansu Palo, Mr. A. Subba Rao, Ms. Manju Jetley, Mr. Namit Saxena, Mr. Nirmal Kumar Ambastha, Ms. Ashmita Bisarya, Mr. Sudhanshu Chandra, Mr. M. Vijaya Bhaskar, Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S, Dr. Ashutosh Garg, Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Mr. Satya Mitra, Mrs. Anil Katiyar, Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, Mr. A. Mohamed Yusuff, Mr. Abdul Shukoor M., Mr. K.P. Mohamad Shareef, Ms. Giffara S., Mr. Abdul Rahiman, Mr. Sheik Moulali Basha, Mr. Shadan Farasat, Mr. Kailas Bajirao Autade, Mr. Sheetal Patil, Mr. Prashant Shantaram Chaudhari, Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, Mrs. Niranjana Singh, Ms. Shalini Kumar, Mr. Dinesh Rajbhar, Ms. Anzu. K. Varkey, Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr.Adv. Mr. Sandeep Jha, Mr. V. K. Biju, Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Mr. Subodh S. Patil, Mrs. Anil Katiyar, Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Mr. K. V. Mohan, Intervenor-in-person, Ms. Diya Kapur, Ms. Liz Mathew, Mr. Govind Manoharan, Mr. A. Karthik, Mr. R. C. Kohli, Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj, Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., Ms. Thulasi K.Raj, Ms. Maitreyi Hegde, Advocates.

ORDER

1. In this batch of writ petitions, petitioners have challenged the constitutional validity of, The Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019 [for short, 'the Amendment Act']. By the aforesaid amendment, Articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution of India were amended by inserting clause (6), after clause (5), in Article 15 and by inserting clause (6) after clause (5), in Article 16. The newly inserted Articles 15(6) and 16(6) read as under:

(a) any special provision for the advancement of any economically weaker sections of citizens other than the classes mentioned in clauses (4) and (5); and

(b) any special provision for the advancement of any economically weaker sections of citizens other than the classes mentioned in clauses (4) and (5) in so far as such special provisions relate to their admission to educational institutions including private educational institutions, whether aided or unaided by the State, other than the minority educational institutions referred to in clause (1) of article 30, which in the case of reserv

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2020 Supreme(SC) 471

S. A. BOBDE, R. SUBHASH REDDY, B. R. GAVAIJanhit Abhiyan – AppellantVersusUnion of India – Respondent

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S. A. BOBDE, R. SUBHASH REDDY, B. R. GAVAI
Janhit Abhiyan – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent