The Patna High Court set aside the amendments passed by the Bihar legislature in 2023 to increase the reservation from 50% to 65% in educational institutions and government jobs.
The Bihar Government has increased the reservation of Backward Classes (BC), Extremely Backward Classes (EBC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST).
Together with the 10% of EWS quota, the Bill had pushed reservation in Bihar to 75%, well past the 50% ceiling set by the Supreme Court.