SC declines stay on Patna HC ruling against Bihar’s amended quota laws
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay a Patna High Court order setting aside the amended reservation laws in Bihar that enabled the Nitish Kumar government to raise quotas for Dalits, tribals and backward classes from 50 per cent to 65 per cent.
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justice J B Pardiwla and Justice Manoj Misra, however, agreed to hear 10 petitions of the Bihar government against the Patna High Court verdict.
The top court, which did not even issue notices on the pleas, admitted the appeals for hearing and said the petitions would be listed in September.
Appearing for the state government, senior advocate Shyam Divan urged the bench to stay the high court order. He referred to a similar case of Chhattisgarh and said the top court had stayed the order of the high court in that case. Besides seeking a stay, Divan also sought the issuance of notices to the respondents, who had moved the high court against the enhanced quota limit.
