The Supreme Court has dismissed the Centre’s plea seeking review of the May 5 majority verdict which held that 102nd Constitution amendment took away States’ power to declare Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) for grant of quota in jobs and admissions.
The 102nd Constitution amendment Act of 2018 inserted Articles 338B, which deals with the structure, duties and powers of the NCBC, while 342A deals with power of the President to notify a particular caste as SEBC and power of Parliament to change the list.
A five-judge bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said, “We have gone through the review petition filed against the judgment dated May 5, in Writ Petition... The grounds taken in the review petition do not fall within the limited ground on which review petition can be considered”.
The bench, also comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, S Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta and S Ravindra Bhat, said that the various grounds taken in the review petition have already been dealt with in the main judgment.
“We do not find any sufficient grounds to entertain this review petition.
The review petition is dismissed,” the bench said in its order uploaded on Thursday.
The top court also rejected the Centre’s application for open court hearing in the matter.