Supreme Court refuses to lift stay on Bihar reservation law

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud said, “We are issuing notice and will list these appeals filed by the state in September. But there shall be no interim relief.”

The state was represented by solicitor general Tushar Mehta and senior advocate Shyam Divan who sought stay of the HC’s June 20 order as the interview process for admitting candidates under the said law was already in process.

Mehta said, “There are thousands of interview process going on based on this Act,” while Divan pointed out that in a similar matter where a challenge to a Chhattisgarh law providing enhanced reservation in state beyond 50%, the top court had stayed the HC decision.