SC refuses to stay Vanniyar reservation
The Hindu
Bill was tabled by previous AIADMK govt and passed in Assembly barely an hour before code of conduct kicked in for Feb. 26 polls
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay a , which temporarily provides 10.5% special reservation to Vanniakula Kshatriyas within the quota for the Most Backward Classes (MBCs). The Bill was tabled by the previous AIADMK government and passed in the Assembly barely an hour before the model code of conduct kicked in for the February 26 last Assembly elections. “We are not going to stay the legislation… We have to hear the matter,” a Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat addressed senior advocates S. Nagamuthu, Anita Shenoy and advocate Sriram Parakkat, for the petitioners.
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