In a significant decision related to women’s reservation in Gujarat, the Gujarat High Court (HC) has quashed and set aside a controversial general resolution (GR) on the subject, issued by the General Administration Department (GAD) of the Gujarat government.
The court held that women from reserved category can compete in the open competition category within the 33% of women’s reservation in the government recruitment. As per the GR dated August 1, 2018, women from the reserved categories were barred from open competition category of women in government recruitment.
A division bench of Chief Justice…