​Patna HC Scraps Bihar’s 65% Reservation Hike

  • Recently, Patna High Court set aside the Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (Amendment) Act, 2023, and The Bihar (In admission in Educational Institutions) Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2023 as ultra vires and violative of the equality clauses under Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Constitution.
  • The Bihar legislature had, in 2023, amended both Acts and increased the reservation from 50 per cent to 65 per cent in jobs and higher educational institutions.
  • The Court said that the amendments are violative of the Supreme Court verdict passed in the case of Indira Sawhney versus Union of India whereby a maximum ....
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