The Supreme Court of India has agreed to hear a plea challenging the decision of the Karnataka state government to scrap the four percent reservation for Muslims in the state. The state government led by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai recently announced two new categories for reservation in jobs and education and scrapped the four percent quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) Muslims. The decision has pushed the reservation limit to around 57 percent. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal informed the bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala that all the defects of the petition have been removed. The bench then agreed to list the plea for hearing. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal informed the bench that all the defects of the petition challenging the Karnataka government’s decision to scrap the four percent reservation for Muslims have been removed, and the Supreme Court agreed to list the plea for hearing. The bench comprised Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala. The Karnataka government led by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai recently scrapped the four percent reservation for Muslims in the state. Instead, they announced two new categories for reservation in jobs and education and divided the four percent quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) Muslims between the Vokkaligas and Lingayats. Muslims eligible for quota have been categorized under economically weaker sections now.
SC Agrees to Hear Plea Against Scrapping of 4% Muslim Quota in Karnataka
