Bihar News / 65% reservation will not be available in Bihar, High Court canceled it, big blow to Nitish government

Bihar News: Bihar High Court has given a big blow to the state government. Patna High Court has canceled the decision to increase the reservation quota. Actually, the limit of reservation is 50 percent, but the Bihar government had increased the reservation to 65 percent. Which has now been canceled by the High Court.

The state government had passed a law on 9 November 2023 to provide 65 percent reservation to SC, ST, EBC and other backward classes in educational institutions and government jobs. After which, due to this law, while there was 65 percent reservation for reserved people, the general category people were limited to only 35 percent. After which he challenged this law in the court.

The court pronounced the verdict

In the matter of reservation, some other petitioners including Gaurav Kumar had filed a petition, on which the decision was reserved after the hearing on March 11. Which was pronounced today. The division bench of Chief Justice KV Chandran had heard the petitions of Gaurav Kumar and others at length. After which now the court's decision has come out and the court has canceled 65 percent reservation.

What was the reservation law

On November 9, 2023, the Grand Alliance government led by Nitish Kumar of Bihar increased the quota of SC, ST, EBC and other backward classes in Bihar from 50 percent to 65 percent. With the passage of this law, Bihar became the state giving the highest reservation. After which only 35 percent jobs could be given to the people of the general category and the remaining 65 percent quota went to the account of reserved people.

What was the government's stand

While presenting the state government's side in the court, Advocate General PK Shahi said that these classes are not represented equally in the state. Due to this, they were given this reservation so that these people can also progress. In response to which, advocate Dinu Kumar had told the court in the previous hearings that cancelling 10 percent reservation for EWS in the general category is against Article 14 and Article 15(6)(b) of the Indian Constitution. He had told that this decision of reservation has been taken on the basis of proportion of castes after caste survey, this decision was taken not on the basis of adequate representation in government jobs. Advocate Dinu Kumar, citing the Indira Swahani case, had said that, in the Indira Swahani case, the Supreme Court had imposed a restriction of 50 percent on the limit of reservation.