Reasonable Classification

Reasonable classification, it is now well established that while Article 14 forbids class legislation, it does not forbid reasonable classification for the purposes of legislation. The classification may be founded on different bases; namely, geographical, or according to objects or occupations or the like. What is necessary is that there must be a nexus between the basis of classification and the object of the Act under consideration, Express Newspaper (Private) Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1958 SC 578.