The Supreme Court on Thursday (November 6, 2025) stayed proceedings before the Calcutta High Court in connection with the West Bengal government’s preparation of a fresh list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai passed the stay order on the basis of a submission by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, for the State, that the High Court was intending to hear the case regardless of the fact that the apex court was seized of it.
“We need a stay. The HC says it will continue hearing the whole matter and decide the case finally,” Mr. Sibal submitted on behalf of the State of West Bengal.
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Chief Justice Gavai questioned the “anxiety” of the High Court to hear the case.
