The Karnataka HC had stayed the circular on March 19, while the Calcutta HC ordered a partial stay just two days later. The Delhi HC, too, on March 21, had sought the Centre’s response to a plea challenging the circular. Here’s what happened.
The bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora observed that once the division bench is seized of the matter, all other similar petitions pending before single judges shall also come to it and be heard together.