Reservation Cannot Be Proportionate to Population of Castes, Says Karnataka High Court
The bench said reservation must ensure adequate representation and found no extraordinary circumstance to justify crossing the 50% ceiling.
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Reservation cannot be proportionate to population of castes, says Karnataka High Court
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday said that the Constitution mandates “adequate representation”, not “proportionate representation”, while observing that “the fundamental premise that reservation for backward classes must be in proportion to their population is erroneous.”
High Court strikes down Karnataka's 56 pc quota for SCs, STs
Bengaluru: In a significant setback to Karnataka’s reservation policy, the High Court has quashed the state’s decision to raise the reservation quota for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to 17 per cent and 7 per cent, respectively. A bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice K.S. Hemalekha passed the order while considering a public … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics an…
SC, ST ಮೀಸಲಾತಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸಿದ್ದ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಆದೇಶ ರದ್ದುಗೊಳಿಸಿದ ಹೈಕೋರ್ಟ್
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು: SC & ST ಮೀಸಲಾತಿ (ST/ST Reservation) ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸಿದ್ದ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಆದೇಶವನ್ನು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಹೈಕೋರ್ಟ್ ರದ್ದುಗೊಳಿಸಿದೆ. ಶೇ.50 ರಿಂದ ಶೇ.56 ಕ್ಕೆ ಮೀಸಲಾತಿ ಪ್ರಮಾಣವನ್ನು ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸಿತ್ತು. ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಹೆಚ್ಚುವರಿ ಮೀಸಲಾತಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದನ್ನ ಪ್ರಶ್ನಿಸಿ ಮಹೇಂದ್ರ ಕುಮಾರ್‌ ಮಿಶ್ರಾ ಎಂಬವರು ಹೈಕೋರ್ಟ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ PIL ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಅರ್ಜಿ ವಿಚಾರಣೆ ನಡೆಸಿದ ಸಿಜೆ ವಿಭು ಬಖ್ರು ಹಾಗೂ ನ್ಯಾ. ಕೆ.ಎಸ್.ಹೇಮಲೇಖಾ ಪೀಠ ಎಸ್‌ಸಿ-ಎಸ್ಟಿಗೆ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸಿದ್ದ ಮೀಸಲಾತಿಯನ್ನ ರದ್ದುಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಆದೇಶ ಹೊರಡಿಸಿದೆ. ಇದನ್ನೂ ಓದಿ: SIR ನಲ್ಲಿ ಅಕ್…
The court has put a brake on the order of the then Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government to increase the reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Karnataka. The reservation for Scheduled Castes was increased to 17 percent and for Scheduled Tribes to 7 percent. However, this has now been annulled and issued by the Karnataka High Court.
Karnataka High Court Strikes Down Increased SC/ST Reservation - News Next Live
In a significant judgment, the Karnataka High Court has struck down the state government’s law and notification that increased reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST). The court ruled that the government’s decision to raise the overall reservation limit from 50% to 56% is unconstitutional. The judgment was delivered by a Division Bench …
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