Andhra Pradesh files SLP in Supreme Court challenging HC judgment on BC quota in local body elections
The Andhra Pradesh government has filed a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court to challenge a High Court ruling regarding Backward Classes (BC) reservations in local body elections. The state argues that the court's decision misinterprets constitutional provisions for political representation.
Why it matters
This case addresses the legal framework for political reservation in local governance, which is critical for ensuring democratic participation of marginalized groups in India.
The Andhra Pradesh government filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court on Saturday, challenging the High Court order dated October 1 on reservation for the Backward Classes (BCs) in the local body elections.
It said the dispute raised an important question concerning the scope of the enabling power conferred upon the State Legislature under Articles 243-D(6) and 243-T(6) of the Constitution and the manner in which contemporaneous empirical material gathered by the State was to be evaluated while determining political reservation for the BCs in the institutions of local self-government.
The government argued that the impugned judgment proceeded on the premise that the reservation exercise undertaken in the year 2026 suffered from essentially the same infirmity as the earlier reservation exercise considered by the High Court in the Birru Prathap Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh.
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