Prima Facie State Seems To Be Reintroducing OBC Reservation Categories Earlier Invalidated By Court: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has stayed a series of executive notifications issued by the West Bengal government regarding the categorisation and reservation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the state. The division bench of Justices Rajasekhar Mantha and Tapabrata Chakraborty observed that the state appeared to be reintroducing the same OBC classifications and reservation percentages that had been earlier struck down by the court and subsequently upheld by the Supreme…