The supreme court has stayed the 27% quota in IIT and IIM';s and higher education institutions for this academic year.
The supreme court had asked the government the basis on which the 27% had been decided and today while delivering an interim judgement halted introduction to the quota. The court said that there was no basis for deciding the quota based on 1931 figures and that there is no clear data on the OBC population.

The government has been asked to conduct a new survey and find out the number of population that comes under backward classes and who all qualify for backward classes reservation.


The court also launched an attack on the political class and made the following observation

"India is probably the only country in the world where people actually want to be backward and want to be classified as backward class so that they can get reservation benefits."

"Clearly the motive for this is political vote bank and which is wrong."

"The court asked that if you give reservations like this, then where will the merit holder students go?"

"Do not divide the country" - the most telling observation of today.

The court also fixed the next date for hearing in August effectively quashing this whole issue for a pretty long time.


The case is scheduled to go on with hearings.