Supreme Court stays Calcutta High Court proceedings in connection with new OBC list for West Bengal

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed proceedings before the Calcutta High Court in a case about the preparation of a fresh list of Other Backward Classes by the West Bengal government, The Hindu reported.

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice BR Gavai was hearing a petition filed by the state government against an order of the High Court in May 2024 quashing the classification of 77 communities as OBCs under the state Backward Classes Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts Act, 2012, Live Law reported.

Advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the state government, told the bench that the High Court intended to hear the matter despite the fact that the matter was in the Supreme Court, The Hindu reported.