The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to take instructions on advocate Uttam Kumar’s PIL seeking an independent, technically competent audit of the IRCTC passenger reservation system, which alleges recurring technical failures, payment deductions without tickets and rapid exhaustion of displayed availability, and has listed the matter for next Wednesday.
The Calcutta High Court has put an interim stay on West Bengal’s new OBC list, which includes 140 sub-categories. Challenging this order, the Mamata Banerjee-led state government has approached the Supreme Court. Next hearing is on July 31.
Mayawati, leader of BSP, supports Bharat Bandh protesting SC’s ruling on SC/ST reservation sub-categorization. Protesters argue ruling will undermine reservation principles. Supreme Court allows states to create sub-classifications within SC/ST for additional protections, setting aside previous decision. Protesters demand constitutional amendment to reverse changes to reservation policy.
