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2021 Supreme(SC) 747

L.NAGESWARA RAO, S.ABDUL NAZEER, HEMANT GUPTA, S.RAVINDRA BHAT
JAISHRI LAXMANRAO PATIL – Appellant
Versus
CHIEF MINISTER – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For The Appellant : Mr. Arvind P. Datar, Sr. Adv., Mr. Pradeep Sancheti, Sr. Adv., Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv., Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR, Mr. Surutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv., Mr. Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv., Ms. Pallavi Bali, Adv., Mr. Prathamesh Kamat, Adv., Mr. Arjun A.P. Apoorva, Adv., Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv., Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv., Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, Adv., Mr. Premlal Krishnan, Adv., Mr. Rahul Arya, Adv., Mr. Vivek Singh, AOR, Mr. S. Mahesh Sahasranaman, Adv., Mr. Pratap Shanker, Adv., Ms. Mary Mitzy, Adv., Mr. K.K. Singh, Adv., Mr. Sagar Saxena, Adv., Mr. Utsav Trivedi, Adv., Mr. Anurag Mankar, Adv., Mr. Vinayak Bhandari, Adv., Mr. Ashish Choudhary, Adv., Mr. Aditya Sidhra, Adv., Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR, Dr. Gunratan Sadavarte, Adv., Mr. Pankaj Kumar Singh, Adv., Mr. Pawan Kumar Shukla, Adv., Mr. Kamal Kumar Pandey, Adv., Mr. Raj Singh Rana, AOR, Mr. Govind Jee, Adv., Mr. Krishna Kumar Singh, AOR, Mr. R.F. Totala, Adv., Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, AOR, Ms. Rajshri Dudey, Adv., Mr. Rahul Totala, Adv., Mr. Abhishek Chauhan, Adv., Mr. Samrudhi Bendbhar, Adv., Mr. Sanjay V. Kharde, Adv., Mr. Satyajeet S. Kharde, Adv., Mr. Prashant Shantaram Chaudhari, Adv., Ms. Sheetal Patil, Adv., Mr. Kailas Bajirao Autade, AOR, Mr. S.B. Talekar, Adv.,Mr. Vipin Nair, AOR,Mr. P.B. Suresh, Adv.,Mr. Karthik Jayashankar, Adv.,Mr. Sughosh Subramanyam, Adv.,Ms. Pradyna Talekar, Adv.,Ms. Madhavi Ayyappan, Adv.,Mr. Anshumaan Bahadur, Adv.,Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.,Mr. Sidharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv.,Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, Adv.,Mr. Vivek Singh, AOR,Mr. Rahul Arya, Adv.,Ms. Mary Mitzy, Adv.,Mr. K.K. Singh, Adv. ,Mr. Amol B. Karande, AOR,Mr. Dilip B. Rode, Adv.,Mr. Mahesh B. Karande, Adv.,Mr. Pritam C. Rajput, Adv.,,Mr. Dilip Annasaheb Taur, AOR,Mr. Rajesh Tekale, Adv.,Mr. Ashish Gaikwad, Adv.,Mr. Ramesh Dube Patil, Adv.,Mr. Rishi Kumar Singh Gautam, AOR,Mr. B.H. Marpalle, Sr. Adv.,Mr. Siddhartha Chowdhury, AOR,Mr. Hrishikesh S. Chitaley, Adv.,Mr. Ashwin Deshpande, Adv.,Mr. Vijay Kari Singh, Adv.,Mr. Samir Malik, AOR,Mr. Arvind Datar, Sr. Adv.,Mr. Hrishikesh S. Chitaley, Adv.,Mr. Ashwin Deshpande, Adv.,Mr. Vijay Kari Singh, Adv.,Mr. Samir Malik, AOR,Mr. Preetesh Kapur, Sr. Adv.,Mr. Amit Pai, AOR,Ms. Pankhuri Bhardwaj, Adv.,Mr. Rahat Bansal, Adv.
For the Respondents: Mr. Saurabh Agrawal, Adv.,Ms. Komal Mundhra, Adv.,Mr. K. K. Venugopal, Attorney General,Mr. N. Venketaraman, ASG,Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv.,Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv.,Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR,Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv.,Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Sr. Adv.,Mr. P.S. Patwalia, Sr. Adv.,Mr. V.A. Thorat, Sr. Adv.,Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv.,Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR,Mr. Akshay Shinde, Adv.,Mr. Vaibhav Sugdare, Adv.,Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, Adv.,Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv.,Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.,Mr. Sudhanshu S. Choudhari, AOR,Mr. Mahesh P. Shinde, Adv.,Mr. Anil Golegaonkar, Adv.,Mr. Rajesh Tekale, Adv.,Mr. Ashish Gaikwad, Adv.,Mr. Madhur Golegaonkar, Adv.,Ms. Rucha Pande, Adv.,Ms. Bhavana Khichi, Adv.,Mr. Bhagwan Gavali, Adv.,Dr. A.M. Singhvi, Sr. Adv.,Mr. Sandeep Sudhakar Deshmukh, AOR,Mr. Arvind P. Datar, Sr. Adv.,Mr. Pradeep Sancheti, Sr. Adv.,Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv.,Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR,Mr. Surutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv.,Mr. Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv.,Ms. Pallavi Bali, Adv.,Mr. Prathamesh Kamat, Adv.,Mr. Arjun A.P. Apoorva, Adv.,Mr. Dilip Annasaheb Taur, AOR,Mr. Rajesh Tekale, Adv.,Mr. Ashish Gaikwad, Adv.,Mr. Ramesh Dube Patil, Adv.,Mr. Abdulrahiman Tamboli, Adv.,Mr. Rahul Joshi, AOR,Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR ,Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. ,Ms. Bhaswati Singh, Adv. ,Mr. Nishant Sharma, Adv. ,Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR ,Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR ,Mr. Shriram P. Pingle, AOR ,Ms. Anzu. K. Varkey, AOR ,Mr. Shivaji M. Jadhav, AOR ,Mr. Brij Kishor Sah, Adv. ,Ms. Qurratulain, Adv. ,Ms. Astha Deep, Adv. ,Mr. Aditya S. Jadhav, Adv. ,Ms. Qurratulain, Adv. ,Mr. Nicholas Choudhury, Adv. ,Ms. Joyshree Barman, Adv. ,Mr. Rajat Joseph, AOR ,Mr. Ravi Bharuka, AOR ,Mr. B.H. Marlapalle, Sr. Adv. ,Mr. Ajit Pravin Wagh, AOR ,Ms. Prabhleen Kaur, Adv. ,Ms. Astha Prasad, Adv. ,Ms. Ishita Farsaiya, Adv. ,Mr. Apoorv Shukla, Adv. ,Mr. Manu T. Ramachandran, AOR ,Mr. Suhaskumar Kadam, Adv. ,Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR ,Mr. Sanjay V. Kharde, Adv. ,Mr. Satyajeet S. Kharde, Adv. ,Mr. Samrat Krishnarao Shinde, AOR ,Mr. Amol Nirmalkumar Suryawanshi, AOR,Mr. Mareesh Pravir Sahay, AOR,Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Adv.,Dr. Vipin Gupta, Adv.,Mr. Pranav P. Patil, Adv.,Mr. V.K. Biju, AOR,Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv.,Mr. A. Karthik, AOR,Mr. Arsh Khan, Adv.,Ms. Smrithi Suresh, Adv.,Ms. Sreepriya K., Adv.,Mr. Ravindra Keshavrao Adsure, Adv.,Mr. Sideshwar N. Biradar, Adv.,Mr. Yash Prashant Sonawane, Adv.,Mr. Yogesh Ramesh Joshi, Adv.,Mr. Amlendu Kumar Akhilesh Kumar Jha, Adv.,Mr. Shaji George, Adv.,Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv.,Ms. Rubina Jawed, Adv.,Ms. Vijay Laxmi, Adv.,Mr. Shreyas Gacche, Adv.,Mr. Anerao Pandit, Adv.,Mr. T.R.B. Sivakumar, Adv.,Mr. Yadav Narender Singh, AOR,Mr. Rajsaheb Patil, Adv.,Mr. Ravi Prakash Jadhav, Adv.,Akshata Jadav, Adv.,Ms. Swati Vaibhav, AOR, Mr. Prashant Shrikant Kenjale, AOR,Mr. Farrukh Rasheed, AOR, Mr. Jishnu M.L., Adv.,Ms. Priyanka Prakash, Adv.,Ms. Beena Prakash, Adv.,Mr. G. Prakash, Adv.,Dr. Rajesh Pandey, Adv.,Ms. Aswathi M.K., AOR

ORDER :

1. Heard Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, learned senior counsel for the State of Maharashtra, Mr. Kapil Sibal, Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Mr. P.S. Patwalia, learned senior counsel for the respondents and Mr. Arvind Datar, Mr. Shyam Divan, Mr. Gopal Sankarnarayanan, learned senior counsel for the appellants/petitioners.

2. We have also heard Mr. K.K. Venugopal, the learned Attorney General.

3. Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, learned senior counsel submits that the principal question which has arisen for consideration before this Constitution Bench is interpretation of 102nd Constitutional Amendment. He further submits that the interpretation of Article 342A is going to affect the legislative competence of the State since the submission which was pressed by the writ petitioners in the High Court was that after the amendment made in 102nd Constitutional Amendment by inserting Article 342A, the State legislature has no competence to legislate with regard to reservation of economically and socially backward communities. He submits that constitutional powers under Articles 15 and 16 cannot be taken away from the legislative competence of the State. Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, learned senior counsel submits that th

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