In Brief
In this procedural judgment, the Supreme Court dismissed three miscellaneous applications (MAs) filed by 277 applicants challenging the Government of Karnataka's implementation of the Reservation Act 2018 through subsequent Government Orders and circulars. Although styled as applications for directions, the Court held these applications sought substantive challenges to executive actions implementing the statute whose constitutional validity had already been upheld in an earlier judgment (B K Pavitra II). The Court reaffirmed that nomenclature is irrelevant; substance determines maintainability. Applications cannot bypass prescribed review procedures or challenge implementation decisions beyond a judgment's original scope. The Court dismissed the MAs but permitted applicants to pursue independent substantive remedies available in law.
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