{"id":54152,"date":"2018-09-26T13:46:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T08:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54152"},"modified":"2018-09-26T13:46:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T08:16:11","slug":"supreme-court-refuses-reservation-in-job-promotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-refuses-reservation-in-job-promotions","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court refuses, Reservation in job promotions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"195\" data-attachment-id=\"54153\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-refuses-reservation-in-job-promotions\/reservation-b-7-5-2012\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/reservation-b-7-5-2012.jpg?fit=260%2C195&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"260,195\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"reservation-b-7-5-2012\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/reservation-b-7-5-2012.jpg?fit=260%2C195&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/reservation-b-7-5-2012.jpg?resize=260%2C195&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/reservation-b-7-5-2012.jpg?w=260&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/reservation-b-7-5-2012.jpg?resize=133%2C100&amp;ssl=1 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW DELHI:\u00a0The Supreme Court Wednesday said its 2006 verdict putting benefits of quotas in job promotions for SC\/ST employees need not be referred to a seven-judge bench.\u00a0There is a need for quantifiable data to give reservation,\u201d the apex court said. 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