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C.A. No. 629/2022

JARNAIL SINGH VS LACHHMI NARAIN GUPTA .

The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court declined to refer the correctness of Nagraj to a Seven-Judge-Bench. The Court held that the declaration in Nagraj that quantifiable data should be collected for the purposes of determining backwardness and inadequacy of representation of SC and ST classes is contrary to the Nine-Judge-Bench decision in Indra Sawhney and hence incorrect. The Court also ruled that the doctrine of ‘creamy layer’ is applicable to reservations for SCs and STs and courts could themselves exclude the creamy layer from reservations. The judgment of the Court was authored by Justice Nariman.

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March 24 1964

CRLA/14/1963

Hon'ble Justice M. HIDAYATULLAH AND N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR

IBRAHIM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN


March 24 1964

CRLA/14/1963

Honourable Judge M. HIDAYATULLAH AND N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR

IBRAHIM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN


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January 28 2022

WP(PIL)/164/2019

Hon'ble Justice PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA,
M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY

Karukola Simhachalam Vs. Union of India


January 28 2022

WP(PIL)/164/2019

Honourable Judge PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA,
M . SATYANARAYANA MURTHY

Karukola Simhachalam Vs. Union of India


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Hon'ble Sri Justice Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti

Hon'ble Sri Justice Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti

The First judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati elevated to Supreme Court of India.

Justice S.V.N Bhatti was born on May 6, 1962. He is a Graduate of Commerce and Law, enrolled in the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh on January 21, 1987. He started practicing in the Trial Court at Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, and moved to the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad. He was the Standing Counsel for a few Public Sector Undertakings/Statutory Bodies. He served as a Special Government Pleader in the Office of Advocate General at the High Court from 2000 to 2003. He practiced on the Original and Appellate side in the High Court of Judicature Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad before becoming a Judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh on April 12, 2013. He presided as a Judge of the High Court at Hyderabad for the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. On the establishment of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati, he was transferred to the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati, and worked till March 18, 2019. He was transferred to the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam and assumed Office on March 19, 2019. He was the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Kerala from April 24, 2023, till he became the Chief Justice of the High Court of Kerala on June 1, 2023.
On July 14, 2023, he was sworn in as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India.