New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that its order dated May 31, 2006 banning all sorts of protests, demonstrations, strikes and agitations applies equally to the supporters of the reservation policy.
The reservation policy of the Government aims at providing 27.5 per cent reservation to OBCs in admission to educational institutions.
The clarification was issued on an application filed by Resident Doctors Association of AIIMS and Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) complaining that on June 4 pro-reservation activists held a demonstration at India Gate while on Friday they formed a human chain in Pune where the entire traffic came to a standstill.
Doctors pleaded that the ban should be applicable to all. They complained in court that they had called off their strike in view of the orders, but that the Government was not stopping pro-reservation activists from holding demonstrations and agitations.
A vacation bench comprising Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice Altamas Kabir made it clear that "the order of this court dated May 31, 2006 applies to everyone."
The Government on Monday also filed a status report saying since health services have already been restored, no further orders needed to be passed.
With Monday's clarification, the OBC doctors and students supporting the reservation policy of the Government have also been debarred from resorting to any demonstration, strike or any other form of protests.
The Resident Doctors Association have already moved an application seeking review of the Mandal Commission report which recommended reservation for OBCs on the basis of the assessment that they comprised 52 per cent of the total population of the country.
According to doctors, the assessment of Mandal Commission is totally wrong.
The apex court has already directed the Government to explain the basis for determination of OBCs and the norms adopted for implementing the reservation policy.
The Centre has also been directed to place on record, the norms adopted for working out the modalities for enforcing the impugned order of Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh to implement the policy of reservation.
The court has also made it clear that it will also consider the contentions of the petitioner whether the caste-based policy of reservation shall not divide this great country along caste lines.
The court has, however, repeatedly refused to take the impugned order of Arjun Singh.
The Supreme Court has assured all parties concerned that it will take care of interests of all the affected parties.
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