Another Boost for EQUALITY

From the article below, it is clear that the SC too finds the government playing politics at the cost of the future of our country.

What is left to be seen is what prevails - JUSTICE or POLITICS

SC makes mincemeat of govt on quota policy

Dhananjay Mahapatra TNN

New Delhi: In what can re-ignite the passionate debate on the about-to-be introduced OBC quota in central educational institutions, the supreme court on Monday censured the government for rushing ahead with the exercise without bothering to collect elementary data.

The court also faulted the government for retaining the “creamy layer’’ within the quota ambit in apparent disregard of the spirit of the constitution bench judgment in the Indira Sawhney case. In fact, so unhappy did the court seem with the government that at one point of time during the hearing, it almost strayed on to the turf of the legislature by requesting parliament not to proceed with the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admissions) Bill, 2006. The bill, which is currently with parliament’s standing committee, needs to be enacted for the implementation of the OBC quota. The court relented only when additional solicitor general Gopal Subramanian promised to keep it informed, averting the prospect of conflict with the turf-conscious legislature. An alert ASG said, “We will report back to the court on each and every development and will provide all information that is asked for, but the last sentence of the order need not be put in the order sheet.’’