Karnataka govt hints at shifting Supreme Courtroom on Muslim quota invoice

On account of the judgment, for the primary time within the historical past of impartial India, Acts have been notified with out the assent of the governor however on the order of the Supreme Courtroom.

Karnataka medical schooling minister Sharan Prakash Patil mentioned, “The Supreme Courtroom has set a deadline; even the President of India ought to determine in three months. We are going to wait and see.”

Congress MLA Rizwan Arshad mentioned, “It is a political conspiracy. The governor works like an agent of the BJP. Underneath the Structure, the 4 per cent reservation given to the backward lessons will not be given based mostly on faith. The Backward Courses Fee has made Class 2A and included Muslims on this class.”

Earlier, the governor wrote to the state authorities that the Structure of India doesn’t permit reservation based mostly on faith, because it violates the ideas of equality beneath Article 14, non-discrimination beneath Article 15 and equal alternative in public employment beneath Article 16.

The governor has additionally maintained in his letter that the Supreme Courtroom has an identical stand on the matter.

Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress authorities in Karnataka of granting reservations in tenders based mostly on faith, alleging that the transfer “snatched” the rights of Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and Different Backward Courses (OBCs).

Prime Minister Modi additional contended that such provisions weren’t solely unconstitutional but in addition a betrayal of the beliefs of B. R. Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Structure.

Notably, the BJP and its allies have been vocal of their criticism of the Supreme Courtroom judgment, with vice-president and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar the newest to fireside a salvo on the judiciary, accusing it of performing as a “tremendous Parliament”.

With IANS inputs