Sahni, Sawhney, Sahani, or Sahney is a PunjabiKhatri surname found among the Hindus and SikhsofPunjab, India. It is also used by people from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal and other parts of Central India.[1]
Indira Sawhney, the petitioner in the Indra Sawhney & Others v. Union of India case, which sought to stop quotas being provided for OBCs (landlord non modernised groups)