New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday will hear a plea challenging the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Karnataka government’s decision to eliminate 4% reservation given to Muslims belonging to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category.
Meanwhile, the court has also issued a notice to the state government.
Supreme Court issues notice to Karnataka government on pleas challenging State government's notification scrapping the 4% OBC reservation for Muslims pic.twitter.com/fhOQubrTVG
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Solicitor General Tushar Mehta assured the apex courtthat no admission and appointment will be done by the state government on the basis of the notification till the next date of the hearing April 18.
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Senior advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud that also consisted Justices PS Narsimha and JB Pardiwala.
Sibal told the bench that he had mentioned the case earlier before different bench who did not take up the matter. To which, the CJI repsonded that the same happened as the defects were not cured.
After which, Sibal submitted that all the defect have been cured now.
“We will list it,” said the bench.
The matter pertains to an announcement by the Karantaka’s government who proposed to remove Muslims from the OBC category, subsequently scrapping off the 4% percent reservation.
The Vokkaligas and Lingayats, with eligible Muslims now classified under economically weaker sections get the reservation equally.
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