SC Agrees To Hear Plea Against Scrapping Of 4% Muslim Quota In Karnataka

The Supreme Court today agreed to list for hearing a plea challenging the Karnataka government’s decision to scrap the 4% reservation for Muslims in the state.

The bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala took note of the submissions of senior advocate Kapil Sibal that all the defects of the petition have been removed.

Sibal said that “I mentioned this (petition) in court three yesterday. This is against the 4% reservation being canceled.”

The CJI said, “But the defects (in the petition) were not cured.”

The senior lawyer said all the defects have been cured.

Therefore, the bench said that “Alright, we will list it.”

Recently, the state government led by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai decided to scrap the 4% reservation for Muslims.

The Karnataka government announced two new categories for reservation in jobs and education and scrapped the 4% quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) Muslims.

The 4% OBC Muslim quota has been divided between the Vokkaligas and Lingayats. Muslims eligible for the quota have been categorized under economically weaker sections now.

The state government’s decision has pushed the reservation limit to around 57% now.

Meera Verma

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