[Challenge Against NUJS 30% Domicile Reservation] Calcutta HC Division Bench Refuses To Interfere With Single Bench Refusal To Stay Publication Of Merit List
Live LawA Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court has refused to interfere in the Single Bench order which refused to grant interim relief in a writ petition challenging the constitutionality of the law mandating 30% domicile reservation for admission in West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences. The Single-Judge Bench of the High Court had declined to pass interim orders directing authorities to not publish the merit list with respect to NUJS while the petition filed by two aspiring law students, belonging to the general category, remains pending. Being prospective candidates at NUJS, two students from Delhi and Mathura had moved High Court challenging the vires of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences Act, 2018 which introduces Section 4A to the original WBNUJS Act, 1999. Notably, the High Court of Karnataka had earlier passed an interim order to stay the National Law School of India University Amendment Act 2020 passed by the Karnataka Assembly to grant 25% domicile reservation to Karnataka students in NLSIU, Bengaluru.