SC to hear from July 30 pleas against Centre's 10 pc quota for EWS category

The Supreme Court Monday said it will hear from July 30 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 (EWS).

The top court said it will also hear a plea for interim stay on the operation of the new controversial law.

A bench of Justices S A Bobde and B R Gavai said that the matter requires hearing at length.

Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, appearing for some of the petitioners including a NGO 'Janhit Abhiyan' said that the operation of the Act needs to be stayed.

The bench said the issue requires hearing at length and it would hear the petition along with all intervening applications in support and against the new law from July 30.

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 ...