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Updated On: 29 July, 2024 12:32 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
In a setback to the Bihar Government, the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday refused to stay a Patna High Court (HC) order setting aside the amended reservation laws in the state that enabled the Nitish Kumar dispensation to raise quotas for Dalits, tribals and backward classes from 50 to 65 percent
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In its June 20 verdict, HC declared that the amendments, passed unanimously by the state`s bicameral legislature in November 2023, were "ultra vires" of the Constitution, "bad in law" and "violative of the equality clause". HT File
In a setback to the Bihar Government, the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday refused to stay a Patna High Court (HC) order setting aside the amended reservation laws in the state that enabled the Nitish Kumar dispensation to raise quotas for Dalits, tribals and backward classes from 50 to 65 percent.
However, the bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices J B Pardiwla and Manoj Misra agreed to hear 10 petitions of the Bihar Government against the Patna HC verdict in September, reported news agency PTI.
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