Siddaraju vs State Of Karnataka - 2020 Supreme(SC) 901

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2020 Supreme(SC) 901

ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN, ANIRUDDHA BOSE, V.RAMASUBRAMANIAN
Siddaraju – Appellant
Versus
State Of Karnataka – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Mr. S.K. Rungta Sr. Advocate, Mr. Shivankur Shukla Advocate, Mr. Prashant Singh Advocate, Ms. Amita Singh Kalkal Advocate, Mr. Jayna Kothari Sr. Advocate, Ms. Rukhsana Choudhury Advocate, Ms. Madhavi Divan, ASG Ms. Vaishali Verma Advocate, Mr. Akshay Amritanshu Advocate, Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma Advocate, Ms. Priyanka Das Advocate, Ms. Swati Ghildiyal Advocate, Mr. Sumit Upadhyay Advocate, Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja Advocate, Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria Advocate, Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. Sachin Sharma Advocate, Mr. Rajan Kumar Chourasiya Advocate, Mr. Padmesh Mishra Advocate, Mr. Arkaj Kumar Advocate, Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma Advocate, Mr. Yuvraj Sharma Advocate, Shirmanjal Sharma Advocate, Ms. Rachana Srivastava Advocate, Mr. Raj Bahadur Advocate, Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma Advocate, Mrs. Anil Katiyar Advocate, Mr. Sudarshan Rajan Advocate, Dr. K.B. Sounder Rajan Advocate, Mr. Mahesh Kumar Advocate, Ms. Meena Sehrawat Advocate for the Appellant; Ms. Kiran Suri Sr. Advocate, Mr. S.J. Amith Advocate, Ms. Aishwarya Kumar Advocate, Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta Advocate, Ms. Nandani Gupta Advocate, Mr. Krishna Kumar Advocate, Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta Advocate, Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar Advocate, Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Khan Advocate, Mr. Rajn Mani Advocate, Ms. Reetu Kumar Advocate, Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar Advocate, Mr. Karun Sharma Advocate, Mr. Pradeep Misra Advocate, Mr. Suraj Singh Advocate, Mr. Nakul Dewan Sr. Advocate, Mr. Prashant Shukla Advocate, Ms. Anushree Shukla Advocate, Mr. Arsh Dhanotia Advocate, Ms. Pratibha Yadav Advocate, Mr. Purvish Jitendra Malkan Advocate, Mr. Abhinav Ramkrishna Advocate, Mr. V. N. Raghupathy Advocate, Mr. Manendrapal Gupta Advocate, Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar Advocate, Mr. Sachin Patil Advocate, Mr. Rahul Chitnis Advocate, Mr. Aditya Pande Advocate for the Respondent

JUDGMENT

R.F. Nariman, J. - This batch of cases before the Court has come to us on a reference made by a Division Bench of this Court dated 03.02.2017. The reference order reads as follows:

"Delay condoned. Leave granted.

Question which has arisen in this case is whether persons, governed under "The persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995", can be given reservation in promotion. A view has been taken by this Court in Rajiv Kumar Gupta & Others vs. Union of India & Others (2016) 6 SCALE 417 in the affirmative.

Mr. Ranjit Kumar, learned Solicitor General, points out that the prohibition against reservation in promotion laid down by the majority in Indra Sawhney & Others vs. Union of India & Others (1992) Supp. 3 SCC 215 applies not only to Article 16(4) but also 16(1) of the Constitution of India and inference to the contrary is not justified.

Persons suffering from disability certainly require preferential treatment and such preferential treatment may also cover reservation in appointment but not reservation in promotion.

Section 33 of the 1995 Act is required to be read and construed in that background.

We find merit in

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2020 Supreme(SC) 901

ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN, ANIRUDDHA BOSE, V.RAMASUBRAMANIANSiddaraju – AppellantVersusState Of Karnataka – Respondent

Cases Referred (9)

ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN, ANIRUDDHA BOSE, V.RAMASUBRAMANIAN
Siddaraju – Appellant
Versus
State Of Karnataka – Respondent