Petitions by anti-quota activists challenging the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006 were quashed by the Supreme Court today.
A five-judge bench upheld the Constitution amendment law providing for 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes in IITs, IIMs and other central educational institutions, in addition to existing reservations for ST/SC category students.
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