SC to hear plea against TN’s reservation law

NEW DELHI: SC to hear plea against TN law granting 69% quota in jobs, admissions NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on March 5 a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the 1993 Tamil Nadu law providing 69% quota to scheduled castes (SCs), scheduled tribes (STs) and backward classes in admissions and government jobs in the state. A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari on Friday took note of submissions that a similar plea against the Tamil Nadu quota law has been pending before the apex court since 2012, and ordered tagging of the fresh plea filed by Dinesh B this year with the earlier one. "It is brought to our notice that the validity of Tamil Nadu Reservation Act, 1993 is assailed in Writ Petition... of 2012 and is pending before this Court. In that case, we deem it appropriate to direct the Registr y to place this writ petition along with Writ Petition... of 2012 before appropriate Bench on 5th March, 2021 for consideration of interim relief and for other appropriate orders, as pressed in this writ petition," the court said.