Judicial pronouncements regarding Reservation-2

Indra Sawhney vs. Union of India (1992):
•The 9 Judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court by 6:3 majority held that the decision of the Union Government to reserve 27% Government jobs for backward classes – with elimination of Creamy Layeris constitutionally valid.
•The reservation of seats shall only confine to initial appointments and not to promotions, and the total reservations shall not exceed 50 per cent.