Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Education/Educational Institutions |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Dismissed |
Headnote | Education/Educational Institutions – Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in admission) Act, 2006 (as amended in 2012) – Reservation of seats in State University which was subsequently converted into a Central University – Whether the Amendment Act of 2012 was legislated to ensure that the reservation for SC and ST candidates as prescribed in s.3 of the Parent Act, 2006 should not be reduced from bench mark of 15% and 7.5% respectively – Whether the Amendment Act contemplates that the percentage of reservation for SC and ST candidates earmarked in s.3 of Parent Act could be increased even to the detriment of the earmarked percentage of reservation for OBC candidates, to ensure that the over all 50% reservation for SC and ST taken collectively, is not disturbed in any manner – Held: The Amendment Act was enacted only to resolve the difficulties that were being faced by the Central Educational Institutions in implementing the Reservation Act when it came to the North Eastern States, including the State of Manipur – The two provisos inserted in s.3 of the Parent Act are nothing but a recognition of the demography of the North Eastern States covered under the umbrella of “Specified north eastern region” which have a substantial tribal population – After the amendment of the Parent Reservation Act of 2006, Manipur University had to follow the reservation norms of 2% for SC candidates, 31% for ST candidates and 17% for OBC candidates which is in consonance with the 2nd proviso to s.3 of the Parent Reservation Act inserted by virtue of the Amendment Act of 2012.Parliamentary Committees Reports: Reports and recommendations made by the Parliamentary Committees/ Commissions that precede enactment of a Statute can be used as external aids to interpret the meaning of ambiguous words in a statutory provision wherever considered necessary – It can also be taken note of as to the existence of a historical fact – At the same time, it must be borne in mind that such Reports are not decisive and a Court is free to arrive at a different conclusion based on its own findings and other evidence produced by the parties. |
Judge | Hon'ble Ms. Justice Hima Kohli |
Neutral Citation | 2022 INSC 16 |
Petitioner | Shri Kshetrimayum Maheshkumar Singh And Anr.v. The Manipur University And Ors. |
Respondent | The Manipur University And Ors. |
SCR | [2022] 1 S.C.R. 479 |
Judgement Date | 2022-01-05 |
Case Number | 163 |
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