Caste quotas at top schools are suspended
India’s Supreme Court suspended a government program to reserve spots for lower-caste students at the country’s top medical, engineering and professional schools -- a plan that has repeatedly prompted widespread protests.
The quota system for India’s prestigious state-run professional schools was to take effect with the current crop of applications. But a two-judge panel on the court temporarily halted the program, saying it could not be implemented until judges had ruled on its legality.
Hinduism divides people into castes, and those on the lower levels still face discrimination, though the government outlawed the system decades ago.
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