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Judicial pronouncements regarding Reservation

State of Madras vs Champakam Dorairajan (1951)

o The Supreme Court upheld decision of Madras High Court, which struck down a Government Order of 1927 regarding caste-based reservation in government jobs and educational institutions.

This judgement also made basis of of adding Article 15(4) by the First Constitutional Amendment Act, 1951.