The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that no further proceedings will take place before the Calcutta High Court in the matter concerning the quashing of OBC status granted to several castes in West Bengal since 2010.

A bench led by Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai, along with Justices K. Vinod Chandran and Vipul M. Pancholi, passed the direction while hearing a batch of ten petitions, including one by the West Bengal government, challenging the Calcutta High Court’s May 22, 2024 judgment. The High Court had struck down the inclusion of 77 classes granted OBC status between April and September 2010, and an additional 37 classes included under the West Bengal Backward Classes (Other than Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) Act, 2012 .

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