State of Madras v. Champakam Dorairajan

State of Madras v. Champakam Dorairajan (AIR 1951 SC 226) is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of India. This verdict led to the First Amendment of the Constitution of India. It was the first major verdict regarding reservations in Republic of India. In its ruling the Supreme Court upheld the Madras High Court verdict, which in turn had struck down the Communal Government Order (G.O) passed in 1927 in the Madras Presidency. The Communal G.O had provided caste based reservation in government jobs and college seats. The Supreme Court's verdict held that providing such reservations was in violation of Article 16 (2) of the Indian Constitution.^[1]

References

↑ "State of Madras Vs Smt.Champakam Dorairajan". Legal Service India. Retrieved 3 May 2010.

External links

Transcript of the verdict

Reservation in India

History	Caste system in India Communal Award Poona Pact Mandal Commission protests of 1990 Namantar Andolan 2006 anti-reservation protests IIT reservation policy Court Cases Caste-related violence in India Caste politics in India 1996 Bathani Tola Massacre 2006 Dalit protests in Maharashtra 2008 Gurjjar agitation Reservation policy in Tamil Nadu Dhangar Consequences of reservation in India 2015 Patel agitation

Terms	Dalit Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC and ST) Other Backward Classes (OBC) Forward classes Affirmative action Creamy layer Untouchability Gramanya Affirmative action

Commissions	Kalelkar Commission Mandal Commission National Commission for Backward Classes

Organisations	Dalit Panther Justice Party Ranvir Sena

Lists	Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes Other Backward Classes Including Muslim OBC

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