Delhi/Hyderabad, May 6 (Hydnow): Supreme court judge Justice Suryakant has made sensational allegations that caste-based reservation in India has become like a train compartment. He compared reservations to train coaches. he said that the reservation system has become like a train compartment and once those who enter the coach do not want to enter that coach.
Justice Suryakant made these comments during the hearing of a case related to Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservations in the Maharashtra Local Body elections. The last local body elections in Maharashtra were held in 2016-17. The elections are being held due to the ongoing legal battle over the OBC quota reservation.
In this context, Justice Suryakant’s comments during the hearing of the case have gained significance. Meanwhile, Justice Suryakant will take charge as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court later this year.
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In 2021, the Maharashtra government issued an ordinance implementing a 27 percent quota for OBCs. However, the Supreme Court struck down the ordinance after some OBC castes filed a legal battle over it. The apex court laid down a three-pronged principle that a special commission should be constituted to collect accurate data on backwardness in local bodies, the percentage of reservations should be determined as per the recommendations of the commission, and the total SC/ST/OBC reservations should not exceed 50 percent. Since then, the election process has not progressed due to data collection and related litigation. Even though the judges have changed, there has been no progress in the verdicts. Due to this, local elections in Maharashtra have been postponed for the last 9 years.
Meanwhile, advocate Indira Jaising, who appeared for the petitioner today, brought to the court’s notice that the Maharashtra government, despite identifying OBCs, is not using that data for local elections.
Stressing the need to hold elections early, she alleged that the state government is arbitrarily running local bodies through officers who are favourable to it. The Supreme Court has once again postponed its verdict on this. (Hydnow)
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