DR.AMBEDKAR TEACHERS ORGA.OF PUNE UNIV. vs D.G. KANHERE — C.A. No. 6160/2002

Summary: The Supreme Court bench heard the appeal by Dr. Ambedkar Teachers Organisation of Pune University on 24/04/2008. The judges disagreed on maintainability: Justice Katju believed the appeal was not maintainable as filed in representative capacity, while Justice Sema held otherwise. The Court noted that the constitutionality of the 81st Amendment Act, 2000 (inserting Article 16(4B)) had been upheld by a Constitution Bench in M. Nagaraj v. Union of India. The papers were placed before the Chief Justice for appropriate directions. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.