, Tuesday, August 30, 2011: The Supreme Court had agreed to examine the validity of the Kerala government’s decision to extend 10 per cent reservation for economically backward class students of the forward community. A bench of justices D K Jain and Asok Kumar Ganguly, while admitting the petition filed by three organizations, said “let the hearing be expedited.” The bench sought Kerala government’s response on the petition even though the state counsel Ramesh Babu submitted the new Congress-led UDF Ministry supported the reservation extended by the previous LDF Government.
“You still can file your reply whether you are supporting the reservation after the change of government, “the bench told the counsel. Senior counsel PS Patwalia, appearing for one of the petitioner organizations, submitted the issue needs to be examined at length as according to him no reservation can be provided on the basis of economic criteria as held in the Indra Sawhney and other judgments of the Constitution bench.
A bench of the apex court had on August 12, after a brief hearing, adjourned the matter as one of the judges Justice HL Dattu, in the bench headed by Justice GS Singhvi, recused from the case.
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