SC declines to hear plea for increasing reservation for Muslims in Kerala
1 July 2019 6:25 PM IST
A trust had sought direction to state govt to revise backward community list in accordance with Kerala State Backward Classes Act, 1993.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a petition seeking an increase in the percentage of reservation for the Muslim community in public employment in Kerala and revision of the state's backward community list.
However, a bench comprising Justices S A Bobde and B R Gavai granted liberty to the petitioner Minority Indians Planning and Vigilance Commission Trust (Trust) to approach the Kerala High Court.
The trust had sought a direction to the state government to revise the backward community list in accordance with the Kerala State Backward Classes Act, 1993.
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