New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to checklist for listening to a plea difficult the Karnataka authorities’s determination to scrap the 4 p.c reservation for Muslims within the state. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala took observe of the submissions of senior advocate Kapil Sibal that every one the defects of the petition have been eliminated. I discussed this (petition) in courtroom three yesterday. This is towards the 4 p.c reservation being canceled, Sibal stated. But the defects (within the petition) weren’t cured, the CJI stated.
The senior lawyer stated all of the defects have been cured. Alright, we’ll checklist it, the bench stated. Recently, the state authorities led by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai determined to scrap the 4 p.c reservation for Muslims.
The Karnataka authorities introduced two new classes for reservation in jobs and schooling and scrapped the 4 p.c quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) Muslims.
The 4 p.c OBC Muslim quota has been divided between the Vokkaligas and Lingayats. Muslims eligible for quota have been categorized beneath economically weaker sections now. The state authorities’s determination has pushed the reservation restrict to round 57 p.c now.
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