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Patna High Court's big decision on reservation Patna High Court has cancelled the decision of Bihar government to increase the scope of reservation. This decision has given the first biggest blow to Nitish Kumar government of Bihar after the Lok Sabha elections. The High Court cancelled the Bihar Act, which increased the reservation for backward class, extremely backward class, scheduled caste and scheduled tribe from 50 percent to 65 percent. This decision was given by the bench of Chief Justice of Patna High Court K Vinod Chandran and Justice Harish Kumar.
What happened in the court?
The High Court has given a big blow to the Nitish Kumar government in the matter of increasing the scope of reservation in Bihar. The High Court has canceled the state government's decision to increase the scope of reservation from 50 percent to 65 percent. That is, now it will be only 50 percent. The bench of the Chief Justice of Patna High Court gave this decision after the state government's decision to give 65 percent reservation to SC, ST, EBC and other backward classes in educational institutions and government jobs was challenged.
Earlier, the court had reserved the decision
The court ordered the cancellation of the law brought by the state government. The decision was reserved on March 11 after completing the hearing on the petitions filed by petitioner Gaurav Kumar and others. On which Patna High Court gave its verdict today.