SC Remands 27% OBC Quota Challenge to MP HC for Expeditious Decision

Yogesh Kumar Thakur Vs Guru Ghasidas Sahitya Avam Sanskriti Academy And Ors. (Supreme Court of India) The batch of civil appeals, special leave petitions, transferred cases, and writ petitions concerned the validity of enhancement of reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the State of Madhya Pradesh from 14% to 27%. After the decision in Indra Sawhney, Madhya Pradesh enacted the 1994 Act providing 14% reservation for OBCs, 16% for Scheduled Castes, and 20% for Scheduled Tribes. Although there was longstanding demand to increase OBC reservation to 27%, legislative action was constraine...