Karnataka High Court declares sections of SC/ST reservation act unconstitutional

The Karnataka High Court declared sections 3 and 4 of the SC/ST Reservation Act, 2022, unconstitutional. The court ruled that the state government's attempt to increase SC reservation from 15% to 17% and ST reservation from 3% to 7% was unconstitutional. The division bench, comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakrur and Justice K.S. Hemalekha, stated that exceeding the 50% overall reservation limit violates Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution.