| Performance Weight challenged under Article 81 | Article 81 requires proportionality; the 15% performance weight is a departure | Moderate | Constitutional defence via Articles 14 and 38 social-justice principle; formula defined not as deviation from proportionality but as socially-just definition of it |
| OBC sub-quota within women's reservation struck down | Court may not extend sub-classification logic from SC/ST to OBC women's sub-quota | Low–moderate | Worst case: 33% reservation still stands. Sub-quota reversal is not structural catastrophe |
| JATC challenged as judicial-independence violation | Even an advisory body near appointments may be challenged | Low | Court in 2015 [@cite_njac_2015] explicitly invited transparency mechanisms; JATC has no veto; Law Minister has no binding role |
| Technocrat minister confirmation abused as political weapon | Opposition zone CMs refuse to confirm any PM nominee | Low | 30-day silence-constitutes-confirmation provision; PM can challenge refusal as bad faith |
| Fifth Schedule 3/4 threshold challenged as exceeding Article 368 | Creating a new ratification category may itself need constitutional authority | Moderate | Fifth Schedule is placed in existing Article 368 ratification procedures — no new category created; existing 3/4 threshold for the Schedule applied to floor guarantee placement |