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| Revisit laws on quota exceeding 50 |
| Revisit laws on quota exceeding 50 pct: SC
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| INDIA
, 13-July-2010
8:37:21 AM |
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to revisit the laws providing quota in excess of 50 per cent to reserved categories in government jobs and educational institutions.
The apex court, however, allowed the continuation of its interim orders for one more year concerning the two states by which it had made operational the 69 per cent quota in Tamil Nadu and restricting Karnataka from exceeding the 50 per cent ceiling as laid down in the Mandal Commission case.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Swatanter Kumar pronounced separate orders by disposing of two batch of petitions and made it clear that it was not expressing any opinion on the validity of the laws.
The first batch of petitions had challenged the Tamil Nadu Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of seats in Educational institutions and of appointment or posts in the services under the state) Act, 1993, which provided 69 per cent reservations
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