State of Madras v. Champakam Dorairajan

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation 1951 SCR 525
AIR 1951 SC 226
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:courtBench seven-judge bench
gptkbp:date 1951-04-09
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India
gptkbp:effect prompted Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label State of Madras v. Champakam Dorairajan
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Harilal_Jekisundas_Kania
gptkbp:legalIssue reservation in educational institutions
fundamental rights vs. directive principles
gptkbp:petitioner Champakam Dorairajan
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Constitution_of_India
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Article_15
Article 46
Article 29(2)
gptkbp:response State of Madras
gptkbp:result reservation order struck down
gptkbp:significance first major Supreme Court case on reservation
led to First Amendment of Indian Constitution
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Indian_Supreme_Court
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6