SUPREME COURT ISSUED NOTICE IN PLEA OVER OBC EXCLUSION FROM RESERVATION IN BIHAR MUNICIPAL BODIES

The Supreme Court in the case Sunil Kumar v. The State of Bihar and Ors., observed and has issued notice in the petition raising the issue of exclusion of Other Backward Classes, OBCS from the scope of 'triple test' for reservation in Municipal Elections of Bihar.

The bench comprising of Justice Surya Kant and Justice KV Viswanathan was hearing the present case.

The court in the case was hearing the petitioner's challenge to a Patna High Court judgment passed on January 31, which dismissed his writ petition pertaining to the issue.

The said question came up before the Division Bench of the Patna High Court, which vide judgment dated October 4, 2022, wherein the court declared that the reservation of seats for OBC and Extremely Backward Classes in urban local body elections of the state was illegal, as the quotas 'failed two out of three tests' set by the Supreme Court in the case Vikas Kishanrao Gawali v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.