SC dismisses TG govt's plea on BC quota

Hyderabad: In a significant blow to the Congress government in Telangana, the Supreme Court rejected its request on Thursday to contest the Telangana High Court’s interim stay on the implementation of a 42 per cent reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) in local body elections.

The State government has been instructed to proceed with the elections without the reservations. A panel of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta stated that the High Court should evaluate the main case based on its merits, unaffected by the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the State’s appeal.