Stay on Guj HC order on 10% quota for poor to continue: SC

NEW DELHI: The interim stay on Gujarat high court’s decision quashing a state government ordinance providing 10 per cent quota for economically backward among the

NEW DELHI: The interim stay on Gujarat high court’s decision quashing a state government ordinance providing 10 per cent quota for economically backward among the unreserved category, including the agitating Patel community, will continue, the Supreme Court said on Monday.

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A bench comprising chief justice TS Thakur and justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud said it would further hear the matter on August 29 and added there would be no admission till further orders. The bench was hearing a petition by the Gujarat government challenging the HC’s August 4 order quashing the ordinance.

Attorney general Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Gujarat government, said the high court had struck down the ordinance which has been challenged. Senior advocate Gopal Subramaniam, appearing for general category students, said the court’s stay was till August 17 and the order should remain operational till the SC hears the matter.