Answer:
(i)
Some persons and associations opposed this order and filed a number of cases in
the courts.
(ii) They appealed to the court's to declare the order invalid and stop
its implementation.
(iii) The Supreme Court of India bunched all these cases
together. This case was known as 'Indira Sawhney and others Vs Union of India
case'.
(iv) Eleven judges of the Supreme Court heard the
arguments of both sides.
(v) By a majority, the Supreme Court judges in 1992
declared that this order of the Government of India was valid.
(vi) At the same time, the Supreme Court asked the
government to modify its original order.
(vii)It said that well-to-do persons among the backward
classes should be excluded from getting the benefit of reservation.
(viii) Accordingly, the Department of Personnel and
Training issued another Memorandum on September 8, 1993. The dispute thus came
to an end and this policy has been followed since then.
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