Reservation Under J&K Reservation Act 2004 Must Align With Population Share of Category: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has clarified that the percentage of reservation for any community under the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004 is determined strictly in proportion to that community's share in the total population of the Union Territory. This interpretation was given while addressing a batch of petitions challenging certain provisions of the J\&K Reservation Rules, 2005, but not the core provision of the Act, namely Section…