Legal
Supreme Court agrees to examine Centre's decision to grant 10% quota to poor in general category
Updated : January 25, 2019 11:45 AM IST
A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice to the central government on various petitions challenging the validity of the 103 Constitutional Amendment Act which paved the way for grant of quota to poor belonging to general category class.
The bench, however, did not stay the operation of the Centre's decision granting quota to the poor in the general category.
In poll year, the Narendra Modi government had come out with the constitutional amendment bill giving quota benefits to the poor among general category candidates.
