4738 The Supreme Court on Monday commenced hearing referring to an 11-judge Bench the 1992 verdict in the Indira Sawhney (Mandal) case, which fixed 50 per cent ceiling for quota in government jobs and admission to educational institutions even as senior counsel Arvind Datar opposed the proposition.
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, March 15
The Supreme Court on Monday commenced hearing referring to an 11-judge Bench the 1992 verdict in the Indira Sawhney (Mandal) case, which fixed 50 per cent ceiling for quota in government jobs and admission to educational institutions even as senior counsel Arvind Datar opposed the proposition.
On behalf of the petitioners, Datar told a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan that there was no need to revisit the Indira Sawhney verdict He said, “This limit can only be changed through Constitutional amendment…If at all 50 per cent ceiling should be amended, it can’t be done by this Bench or an 11-judge Bench…It has