A three-judge bench said no new admissions under EWS till SC rules on the matter at its next hearing fixed for August 29. The court had then maintained that such classification had the dangerous potential of breaching the 50 per cent quota cap set up by the Supreme Court. The high court also pulled up the then state government for taking a decision without conducting any study or scientific data. The Supreme Court was hearing challenges to the Gujarat government ordinance from petitioners Dayaram Verma, Ravjibhai Manani, Dulari Basarge and the Gujarat Parents' Association. The state government claimed the fresh classification did not violate either the Supreme Court order or the constitutional provisions.

Source: dna August 22, 2016 09:41 UTC