NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the Punjab and Haryana high court's interim order staying the Haryana law to grant 75% reservation for residents of the state in private sector jobs but also restrained the state government from taking coercive steps against any employer for not complying with the law.
A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and P S Narasimha also set a deadline of four weeks for the high court to decide the constitutional validity of the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020 and deliver the final verdict. The bench also said that it was not proper for the HC to stay the operation of the law by passing a one-line order and without giving any reasoning.
