Synopsis: Legal challenges in the Supreme Court and Telangana High Court threaten to disrupt local body elections over a 42 percent BC reservation, exceeding the 50 percent constitutional cap. Critics argue the 67 percent total quota violates precedents. With elections starting 9 October, judicial rulings may delay or alter the process, impacting seat allocations and the State Election Commission’s schedule.

Two legal challenges — one in the Supreme Court and another in the High Court — now threaten to throw off the course the process of the elections for the local bodies in Telangana.

Both petitions challenge the state’s decision to grant 42 percent reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) in panchayats, MPTCs and ZPTCs.

Critics say the quota breaches the constitutional 50 percent cei

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