The retrospective application of the decision to allow states to tax mines and minerals could have first- and second-order economic impacts

The Court settles doubts around ‘efficiency’ as a limitation to reservations, but its approach to methodology & creamy layer raise questions

While upholding sub-classification for the SC/ST categories, the Court noted that there are varying degrees of backwardness within the group

A nine-judge bench in one of the longest pending cases confirmed that only states have the power to tax mineral-bearing land

DESK BRIEF: Since 1950, a Chief Justice has dissented all of 13 times in a Constitution Bench case