Supreme Court upholds quashing of 34% BC quota in Andhra Pradesh local body polls

The Supreme Court on October 9 dismissed the Andhra Pradesh government's SLP challenging the AP High Court's October 1 order quashing GO Ms. No. 105 and GO Rt. No. 1065, which had provided 34% Backward Classes reservation in rural local bodies and 33.33% in urban local bodies. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu called the High Court's order "very reasonable," holding that the combined SC/ST/BC quota breached the 50% ceiling from Indra Sawhney v. Union of India (1992) and questioning the reliability of the state's survey data. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi appeared for the state. LiveLaw The South First (LiveLaw, The South First)

• The Supreme Court on October 9 dismissed the Andhra Pradesh government's SLP challenging the AP High Court's October 1 order quashing GO Ms.
• No.
• 105 and GO Rt.