Quota row: Karnataka files SLP in Supreme Court over reservation breaching 50% mark

Published 11 Nov 2026, 20:12 IST

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The Karnataka government has approached the Supreme Court by filing a Special Leave Petition to contest a High Court decision that had set aside the recent increase in reservation percentages for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The High Court verdict had nullified the rise of SC reservation from 15 per cent to 17 per cent and the increase for STs from 3 per cent. The state seeks to overturn that ruling in the apex court.

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The Karnataka High Court, stating that the enhancement was ‘constitutionally impermissible’, had quashed the higher reservation to SCs and STs that took it to 56 %, breaching the cap of 50% imposed by the Supreme Court in 1992

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The Hindu Center-Left Kasturi & Sons Ltd. Current article 11 Nov 2026, 20:12 IST

Quota row: Karnataka files SLP in Supreme Court over reservation breaching 50% mark

The Karnataka High Court, stating that the enhancement was ‘constitutionally impermissible’, had quashed the higher reservation to SCs and STs that took it to 56 %, breaching the cap of 50% imposed by the Supreme Court in 1992

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