Recently, the State Government has notified a decision taken by the cabinet to scrap the 4% backward classes quota for Muslims in Karnataka.
Earlier, in October 2022, the government had increased the quota for SCs and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in government jobs and education by 2% and 4% respectively. |
Government’s Decisions:
Why the court has challenged the decision:
Quota issue for minorities:
Various commissions like the Miller Commission (1918), Chinnappa Reddy Commission (1990) etc. — recommended that Muslims should be classified as a backward community based on their social and educational backwardness. |
Legal backing:
Article 16(4) defined socially and educationally backward classes differently than Article 15(4) defined socially and educationally backward classes. |
Verifying, please be patient.
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