The State of Kerala v. Dr. T.Vijayalakshmi
Case brief
What is this about?
Category-wise communal reservation across university departments was upheld. The court sustained the statutory amendments permitting separate cadres of Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors across subjects, upheld consequential recruitment action, allowed the appeals and dismissed the writ petitions.
What did the court decide?
Single judge's judgment set aside; writ petitions dismissed; university action under the amendments, including the recruitment notification and implementing order, upheld.