The Supreme Court on Friday decided to examine the Centre's decision to grant 10 per cent reservation in jobs and education to poor candidates belonging to the general category.
A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice to the central government on various petitions challenging the validity of the 103 Constitutional Amendment Act, which paved the way for the quota.
'We are examining the matter and hence issuing notice returnable within four weeks,' the bench said.
The bench, however, did not stay the operation of the Centre's decision.
The Narendra Modi government had come out with the constitutional amendment bill granting quota benefits to the poor among general category candidates.
The petitions were filed by organisations like Janhit Abhiyan and Youth For Equality, challenging the move.
