SC defers hearing pleas against centre’s 10 per cent quota for EWS category in jobs, education
PTI, Jul 1, 2019, 5:02 PM IST
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday deferred to July 16 a hearing on a bunch of pleas challenging the Centre’s decision to grant 10 per cent reservation in jobs and admissions to candidates of economically weaker sections.
A bench of Justices S A Bobde and B R Gavai said that the matter requires hearing at length and it listed the matter for July 16. The apex court had earlier refused to stay the Centre’s decision to grant 10 per cent quota in jobs and admissions to poor candidates in the general category. However, the court had agreed to examine the validity of the law and issued a notice to the Centre on the pleas.
The Centre has come out with the constitutional amendment bill giving quota benefits to the poor among general category candidates. The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha cleared the bill on January 8 and 9 respectively, and it has been signed by President Ram Nath Kovind.
The quota will be over and above the existing 50 per cent reservation to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
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