Judgments on various reservation policies this year provided little clarity on what this affirmative action measure is meant to accomplish.

DESK BRIEF: Six pending Constitution Bench cases at the SC deal with fundamental questions about reservation in education and employment.

Internal reservations for Vanniyars will be discontinued until the Tamil Nadu government finds reliable data to justify them. 

The SC delivered Judgments on the One Rank One Pension policy and Vanniyar reservations in Tamil Nadu.

The SC is expected to deliver judgments in key cases on reservations, the One Rank One Pension Policy and the hijab ban.